In pictures: Aurora Borealis lights up sky above Scotland

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Aurora, MunlochyImage source, Crabman/BBC Weather Watchers
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The Northern Lights from Munlochy on the Black Isle in the Highlands

Displays of the Aurora Borealis were visible from north and north east Scotland overnight.

Also known as the Northern Lights, the aurora appear as shimmering waves of light when atoms in the Earth's high-altitude atmosphere collide with energetic charged particles from the sun.

BBC Weather Watchers photographed the "lights" from Shetland, the Highlands and Moray.

Image source, Simmer Dim/BBC Weather Watchers
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Brae, Shetland, was among the vantage points for observing the aurora overnight on Monday into Tuesday
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A view of the aurora from Hopeman on the Moray Firth coast
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A colourful scene at Nairn on the Highlands' Moray Firth coast
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The aurora from Glenelg in the west Highlands
Image source, Andy Walker/BBC Weather Watchers
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This stunning image was captured at Durness by Andy Walker
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Clear skies over Moray offered opportunities to see the lights, including from Elgin
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Freck Fraser's image of the aurora from a snowy Belladrum near Beauly
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The green glow of the aurora from Portmahomack in the Highlands
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Another image of the aurora from Brae in Shetland
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Bright lights of the aurora from Uig in the Highlands

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