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Readers' best photos of orange glow in the sky over Richmond borough

By The Editor   13th Dec 2020

Extra-strength lights to stimulate the growth of grass on the pitch at Twickenham Stadium turned the skies orange earlier this week.

It could be seen for miles around, as this remarkable photo by Krini Theodoraki shows.

The Rugby Football Union's head groundsman shared this photo of the lighting system which caused a "major light refraction".

Some people mistook it for smoke over the stadium and called the fire brigade.

Read more:

Firefighters attend as orange glow in the sky is seen across Richmond

This is why the skies turned orange on Thursday night

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