Northern Lights: The best photos from around the UK
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![Whitehaven in Cumbria](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/F15A/production/_129468716_stewart.jpg)
This cosmic image of the Lights was taken from Whitehaven, Cumbria. The phenomenon appears as shimmering waves of light in the sky.
![Kendal Cumbria](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1668A/production/_129468719_johhnygios.jpg)
The sky was a mixture of purple and green across the Lake District. Kendal, Cumbria
![Middleton in Teesdale, County Durham](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/BAAA/production/_129468774_andyaurorahunter.jpg)
The Northern Lights put on an amazing show in Middleton in Teesdale. The 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.
![Sutton Coldfield](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/939A/production/_129468773_joewilliams.jpg)
Sutton Coldfield lights up in shades of gold
![Penzance](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/156EA/production/_129468778_kernownick.jpg)
It's all purple in Penzance! BBC Weather said there could be further opportunities of spotting the aurora overnight Monday into Tuesday.
![Stithians, Cornwall](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/7072/production/_129468782_seasideseeker.jpg)
Stithians in Cornwall looks like a scene from a space movie!
![Herd Groyne](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1209E/production/_129468837_342980134_810206100438564_3597701425297748879_n.jpg)
Photographer Steven Johnson captured this image of the Herd Groyne Lighthouse in South Shields
![Minchinhampton Common in Gloucestershire](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/16EBE/production/_129468839_tom_matthews_photography.jpg)
This was the amazing view silhouetted at Minchinhampton Common , Gloucestershire
![Craven Arms, Shropshire](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/8846/production/_129468843_nickoffthetump.jpg)
A picture of the aurora taken in Craven Arms, Shropshire
![St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/B0F0/production/_129469254_f7f844f1dd284d47ad0609e5e9693298de66688e.jpg)
This image was captured of St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the north east coast of England.