Spectacular Northern Lights show across Yorkshire

An otherworldly snap of a signpost near Goathland in North Yorkshire

The splendour of the Northern Lights has been seen across Yorkshire for the past two nights, bathing the sky in a multi-coloured, otherworldly glow.

From Wakefield to Whitby, the light display turned the skies purple and green and coincided with the Perseid meteor shower.

Across Yorkshire, BBC Weather Watchers have sent in dozens of photos captured over the past 48 hours.

While Monday's strong geomagnetic storm has eased, Met Office Space Weather forecasts said there could be a slight increase in activity again later for those still hoping to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis.

BBC Weather Watcher Mikeys988 took this photo in Bempton

The Northern Lights turn the skies above Ilkley purple and green

The Northern Lights appear as bright, swirling curtains of lights in the night sky and range in colour from green to pink and scarlet.

They are caused by charged particles from the sun hitting gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.

The phenomenon is most commonly seen in regions close to the North Pole like Scandinavia, Greenland, Alaska, Canada and Russia.

Beverly Senturk captured the Northern Lights above Scarborough

This photo was taken in the skies over Flamborough

Experts said the most impressive light shows happen when the Sun emits especially large clouds of particles called coronal mass ejections.

For the best possible view, experts advise getting to an area where there are dark skies, away from street lights and where you can get a clear view of the whole night sky.

Magical scenes at Ryhill in Wakefield

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