Northern lights and Perseid meteor shower: your pictures
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Sky gazers last night were treated not only to the Perseid meteor shower but a spectacular display of the Northern lights.
After a strong geomagnetic storm in the early hours of Monday morning, the aurora was seen as far south as Norfolk.
This came as the Perseid meteor shower reached its peak, when up to 100 meteors an hour can be visible in the night sky.
There'll be another opportunity to see the meteor shower on Monday night with clear skies across many parts of the United Kingdom.
The Northern lights were seen as far south as Norfolk with a glimpse of a shooting star - the Perseid meteor shower.
How to see the Perseid meteor shower
The Perseid meteor shower will still be visible on Monday and Tuesday nights, especially with skies expected to be clear.
For the best possible view, try to get 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.
Give your eyes around 30 minutes to adjust to the darkness and either sit or lie down and you should start to see some shooting stars - the meteors.
For an even better chance to see up to 100 meteors in an hour, you might want to get a stargazing app and find the Perseus constellation and look in that direction.
The Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak activity a captured beautifully in West Sussex
At its peak there could be around 100 meteors visible an hour during the annual Perseid meteor shower
The aurora seen in Aberdeenshire on Monday night by a 大象传媒 Weather Watcher
Weather Watchers looking out for the Perseid meteor shower were treated to the Northern lights such as this over the Isle of Man
Aurora visible looking north from East Cheshire and towards Manchester.
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