Photographers have captured stunning images of the Northern Lights over Scotland as a solar storm reached earth on Monday night.
A massive burst of material from the sun known as aCoronal Mass Ejection caused a phenomenon known as a geomagnetic storm, which interferes with the Earth’s magnetic field.
As a result, the skies were awash with colour as those living in Shetland, Orkney, Aberdeenshire, parts of Ayrshire and Argyll and Bute were in with a chance of spotting the Aurora Borealis.
Talented photographers have sent STV News their colourful snaps from their evening snapping the natural phenomenon.
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![Orkney by Myles Campbell](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/a769a42ee66f1beb56aeab0060a4790c.jpg)
![Caithness by Amanda Ruddick](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/5aebdc8f9a8fdcfe98cee6b6cc01567e.jpg)
![Orkney by Myles Campbell](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/6e97c76aaf376859e3f4a38bef2f8c04.jpg)
![Caithness by Justine Bainbridge](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/676f6665934729990fcfef35c432a64c.jpg)
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