In pictures: NWT is bathed in global northern lights show

The Northwest Territories is used to being the home of the northern lights. On Thursday night, the territory shared the wealth with the world.

A solar storm struck the Earth that was powerful enough to produce dazzling displays much farther south than usual, bathing the United States and Europe in shades of pink and purple.

But in many parts of the NWT, the cloud cleared in time for the North to participate in the show, too.

Here are some of the best photos you sent us of Thursday’s aurora across the territory.