Your pictures: Northern Lights

The Aurora Borealis - better known as the Northern Lights - has been visible over parts of the UK.

BBC News readers have been sending in images of the display they have been able to capture. Here is a selection:

Talacre Lighthouse, Flintshire, North Wales. Photo: Glenn Smethurst

The light show was visible as the Earth moved into a new alignment with the Sun.

George Good captured this image of the aurora borealis over Llaneilian, Anglesey

Mike Alexander: "As soon as it got dark the Aurora lit up the northern horizon in Dumfries & Galloway with bright curving band of green twisting across the sky."

How the Aurora Borealis occurs

The Northern Lights are caused by the interaction of the solar wind - a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun - and our planet's magnetic field and atmosphere. Find out more

Pete Collins: "From the moors above Rochdale looking north towards Hebden Bridge."

Dunseverick Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Photo: Michael Shannon

Northern lights from Tarbert, Argyll and Bute. Photo: Terry Cawthorne

The Aurora Borealis is usually seen over Iceland and Scandinavia but was seen as far south as Wales in the UK on Wednesday night.

Northern Lights seen across Wales

Northern Lights light up Scotland

Northern lights display captured over England

Northern Lights illuminate Isle of Man

Les Parsons: "Fantastic green curtains of colour seen from the Isle of Mull."

Northern lights seen over Ben Wyvis from Balvaird, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, Scotland. Photo: Paul Wilson

There are improved chances of seeing the lights over the UK over the next few weeks, forecasters say.

How can I see the Northern Lights in the UK? (BBC iWonder)

Jane MacLennan: "Aurora Borealis dancing away above Gairloch in Wester-Ross last night."

Northern Lights from Allanfearn, Inverness. Photo: Kenny Mackenzie

Do you have a great photo of the Northern Lights? You can send it to us in the following ways: