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

As the Earth moves into a new alignment with the Sun.

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

Image copyrightGlenn Smethurst

Image captionTalacre Lighthouse, Flintshire, North Wales. Photo: Glenn Smethurst

Image copyrightGeorge Good

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

Image copyrightMike Alexander

Image captionMike 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."

Image copyrightPete Collins

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

Image copyrightMichael Shannon

Image captionDunseverick Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Photo: Michael Shannon

Image copyrightTerry Cawthorne

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

Image copyrightLes Parsons

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

Image copyrightPaul Wilson

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