A Northern Lights display that's being hailed as the "best of the season so far" lit up Scotland's night skies over the weekend.
Vibrant hues of purple and green were spotted over the Highlands and west coast on Saturday night (February 20).
In some of the brightest displays seen this winter, the natural phenomenon, which is usually associated with places like Norway and Iceland, left fans stunned.
Michelle Cumming, an amateur photographer from Lossiemouth, was left spellbound by the display, she said: "Wow!! Spectactular is the only word to describe Saturday night's Aurora, the best of the season so far I think.
"Got my camera set up just as she was dancing, what a feeling watching it. Taken from West Beach, Lossiemouth. So lucky to have this viewpoint where I live".
Taken at around 9pm, the stunning shots show an ethereal green band lighting up the horizon over the Moray town.
Michelle, who has fallen in love with taking epic shots of the Aurora, explained that after buying the right equipment and engaging with experts on Facebook she's delighted by the photos she's now able to catch of the beautiful Mirrie Dancers which continued on until the early hours of Sunday morning.
Winter is considered to be the best time of the year to experience the auroral displays due to the longer periods of darkness and frequency of clear nights.
The lights, which appear as waves of dancing lights of green, blue, purple and pink, are the result of particles expelled by the sun.
When these particles meet the Earth’s magnetic shield they are "pulled" to the north and south poles.
As they interact, the energy is released as beautiful corona of dancing rays of light that are visible from below.
With Nasa predicting another earth directed solarstorm set to hit on Tuesday 23rd Febuary, the next few days could be a key time to see this wonderful natural phenomenon with your own eyes.
