Summer glow: Sunsets and northern lights over Scotland

A house in Orkney silhouetted against the aurora borealis

Parts of Scotland were treated to dramatic sunsets and then the aurora borealis - also known as the Northern Lights - on Monday into the early hours of Tuesday.

BBC Weather Watchers were at the ready with their cameras and phones to capture scenes.

Sundown at Portmahomack in the Highlands

A fiery night sky pictured at Earlsferry, Fife

A night-time scene at Inverness on Monday

Monday night's sky from Burghead in Moray

The aurora borealis pictured from Port Askaig on Islay

A greenhouse in Lairg lit up by lights inside it with the aurora borealis in the sky above

Gardenstown in Moray was among the places from where the aurora was visible

The Northern Lights from Carnoustie in Angus

The aurora over Methven, Perth and Kinross

A faint glow of the aurora at Whitsome in the Scottish Borders