Unbelievable shots of New Year's auroras

Sunday, January 3, 2016, 1:07 PM - Never mind fireworks. People in northern latitudes were treated to a perfectly-timed burst of New Year's auroras.

Solar activity late in December resulted in a burst of charged particles hitting Earth's atmosphere more or less in time to ring in 2016, best viewed in dark-sky sites and rural areas.

In Canada, people on the Prairies, Northern Ontario and Quebec, and the northern territories especially benefited, among them Weather Network viewers with a love of the camera.

Here are the best shots sent in to us via our upload tool.

Herb Bradley, Kasabonika First Nation, Ont.

Peter Toth, Whitehorse, Yukon

Carl Wilding, Brandon, Man.

Sheldon Tuck, Wabush, Nfld.

Beverley Taylor, Snow Lake, Man.

Mark Duffy, Galilee, Sask.

Sean Taylor, Saskatoon, Sask.

Cleide Amorim, Wawa, Ont.

Shannon Prentice, Red Deer, Alta.

James Younger, Dawson City, Yukon

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