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Best chance to see the Lights
The Northern Lights are putting on one of their most spectacular displays this year, thanks to an increase in solar activity. And according to the BBC's Professor Brian Cox, who presented Wonders of the Solar System, this is the best time of year to see them. But you don't need to tell cruise director Richard Sykes that - he saw the Aurora Borealis in all its glory yesterday, as this picture taken from the deck of Marco Polo near Alta, in northern Norway, vividly demonstrates. Oda Kvaal-Tanguay, of the Tromsø Tourist Office, explains: "This winter season is looking to be [...]