Freeze frames: Scotland in the cold and snow

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Parts of Scotland have had snow and freezing weather over the past few days. The places include Shetland, the remote St Kilda archipelago and the Highlands.

Aurora and a snow showerImage source, Sean/BBC Weather Watchers
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A snow shower and the Northern Lights in BBC Weather Watcher Sean's image taken from Mavis Grind, Shetland, on Thursday night

St KildaImage source, Lachie Ruadh
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A moon-lit midnight in Village Bay on Hirta, St Kilda, in a picture by Lachie Ruadh

Sheep in South UistImage source, Angela Campbell
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Angela Campbell's picture from South Uist of sheep and an arriving snow shower

View from Cairngorm Mountain snowsports centreImage source, Cairngorm Mountain
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The view from Cairngorm Mountain snowsports centre on Thursday morning

Grey CorriesImage source, SAIS Lochaber
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Lochaber's Grey Corries in a photo taken by the Scottish Avalanche Information, which provides forecasts for the avalanche hazard on Scotland's main mountain areas

Glen CoeImage source, SAIS Glencoe
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Glen Coe on Thursday

Nasa Worldview image of ScotlandImage source, NASA
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NASA captured this image of Scotland on Wednesday

Snowmen at Stebbligrind, ShetlandImage source, Banana/BBC Weather Watchers
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Snow-covered Stebbligrind in Shetland in a picture by BBC Weather Watcher Banana

PooleweImage source, Joolz62/BBC Weather Watchers
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Beaultiful Poolewe in an image taken on Thursday by BBC Weather Watcher Joolz62

TorridonImage source, SAIS Torridon
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A deep covering of snow in Torridon

West LintonImage source, Macbie Sam/BBC Weather Watchers
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Snow at West Linton in the Scottish Borders

Hutchison Memorial HutImage source, SAIS Southern Cairngorms
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The Hutchison Memorial Hut in the Southern Cairngorms

Fogbow at North UistImage source, Rhona_skivs/BBC Weather Watchers
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A fogbow above the snow on North Uist

Cat in snowImage source, Tohono/BBC Weather Watchers
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A cat enjoying the snowy weather in Maud, Aberdeenshire

Network Rail engineers at CarstairsImage source, Ian Douglas
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Network Rail Scotland engineers in a snow flurry at Carstairs on Thursday night

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