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Northern Lights give spectacular display in Norfolk

BBC Weather Watchers/KeepOnRunning A night-time landscape which has a striped lighthouse is in the middle. The Northern Lights have made the sky turn purple, pink, and yellow, and there are several stars.BBC Weather Watchers/KeepOnRunning
Happisburgh's lighthouse is captured against the spectacular backdrop of the Northern Lights

People in parts of Norfolk have been treated to a dazzling appearance of the Northern Lights.

BBC Weather Watchers captured some stunning pictures on Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday, including on the coast in Cromer, Happisburgh and Horsey.

The aurora borealis is caused by the interaction of the solar wind - a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun - and our planet's magnetic field and atmosphere.

Experts at the Met Office said the display might be visible again on Saturday night.

BBC Weather Watchers/andyaurorahunter A night-time landscape of the North Sea. There are wind turbines far away and the Northern Lights have made the sky turn pink and yellow, and there are several stars.BBC Weather Watchers/andyaurorahunter
The display was seen over the North Sea at Weybourne
BBC Weather Watchers/Walking Tractor A white house and lighthouse is in the foreground. The Northern Lights have made the sky turn purple, pink, and yellow, and there are several stars.BBC Weather Watchers/Walking Tractor
Cromer's lighthouse was bathed in purple hues
BBC Weather Watchers/KeepOnRunning A windmill is in the middle and has a green fence around it. There are trees in the distance and the Northern Lights have made the sky turn purple, pink, and yellow, and there are several stars.BBC Weather Watchers/KeepOnRunning
The phenomenon was on full display at Horsey on the Norfolk coast
BBC Weather Watchers/Emily In the distance there is a large tree in the middle. You can slightly see the Northern Lights which have turned the sky slightly pink and yellow and there are several stars. BBC Weather Watchers/Emily
The silhouette of a tree against the faint glow of the Northern Lights in Halvergate
BBC Weather Watchers/Simon Luckman 1988 The Northern Lights have made the sky turn red, orange and yellow. There are several stars and a show of a tree on the right.BBC Weather Watchers/Simon Luckman 1988
The sky over Ludham glowed a deep shade of red thanks to the aurora borealis

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