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In Pictures / Great night for a spectacular galley burning

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WITH the long Up Helly Aa night finally over it is perhaps the right moment to look again at some of the spectacular photos taken during yesterday’s procession and burning of guizer jarl Richard Moar’s galley Ethena.

Many thanks to ‘Photos by Caitlin’ for sending these in:

A group of people holding fire torches.
A group of people standing in front of a fire.
A crowd of people watching a firework display.
A crowd of people watching a fire.

 

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