Displays of Northern Lights across Scotland

4 November 2021

The Aurora Borealis - the Northern Lights - were seen overnight from large parts of Scotland. The natural lights display is connected to activity on the sun.

Image source, Dawid Gierszewski

Image caption, Dawid Gierszewski's image of the Northern Lights which could be visible where skies were clear

Image source, Monika Focht/�鶹Լ�� Weather Watchers

Image caption, Monika Focht took this image at Pennan on the Aberdeenshire coast

Image source, Keir Allen

Image caption, Keir Allen took this image from his garden in Abernethy in Perthshire. "It was quite an aurora," he said.

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Image caption, The night sky in Kinloss, Moray, in a picture taken by �鶹Լ�� Weather Watcher Scamp191

Image source, Phil Diamond

Image caption, Phil Diamond took his shot from Lanarkshire

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Image caption, A photograph of the Northern Lights taken at Nairn in the Highlands

Image source, Ross Campbell

Image caption, Ross Campbell's image was taken at Arnprior in Stirlingshire

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Image caption, A powerful display seen from Belladrum in the Highlands in a picture by Freck Fraser

Image source, Linda Cockburn

Image caption, Linda Cockburn said of her shot: "Just a normal Wednesday night in Lindifferon, Fife."

Image source, Mike Alexander

Image caption, Mike Alexander, of Galloway Astronomy Centre, said: "The aurora resulted from explosions on the sun a few days ago – they arrived a few hours earlier than expected. The image is looking north from Glasserton towards the Galloway Hills."

Image source, Irwin McLean

Image caption, Irwin McLean took his photograph from a bedroom window in Aultbea in the Highlands

Image source, Danny Wilson

Image caption, Danny Wilson's photograph from Langholm Moor - the last of the Aurora Borealis "dancing across the sky, meeting the Milky Way."