The promise of seeing the northern lights flickering over Bolton town centre is one I admit I had serious doubts about being executed.
However, Borealis, a light and sound installation in front of the town hall on Victoria Square, is affecting and breathtaking.
The piece, which projects swirling green and blue light into the air accompanied by ethereal ambient music and dry ice, provides the centrepiece of the first three days of the six day Put Big Light On festival which is expected to attract thousands of visitors to Bolton.
The evening festival, which is free to attend, began on Thursday and continues on Saturday, December 3, before resuming on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (December 7- 9).
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