Northern Lights in York: 9 amazing photos from overnight

AMAZING and vibrant shades of purple, green and pink filled the night sky as stargazers were treated to another fantastic display of the Northern Lights.

The Aurora Borealis was visible by camera and the naked eye above York and beyond overnight.

Many readers took photos and shared them with our news team - either posting them via email overnight or dropping them into our Press Camera Club page on Facebook.

We are sharing a selection of them with you today.

One reader - Paul 'Mortz' Mortimer - is a self-styled aurora hunter and visits Iceland several times a year to photograph the aurora.

Remarkably, overnight, he captured the Northern Lights from his doorstep in York.

Northern Lights photograph taken by Lorien Lightfoot in Rufforth on August 12th

Along with his beautiful set of photos which he posted in our Camera Club he wrote: "Leeman Road Ings, York, down by the river tonight one hour ago near midnight 12th August, 50 metres from my front door…".

Did you see the Northern Lights last night? We'd love to see your photos too!

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And would you like to see your photographs in The Press and online?

More than 2,500 readers have joined The Press Camera Club, which launched in June 2017 and brings together talented photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share their work, swap tips and take part in themed monthly prize competitions.

To join the free club, simply search for ‘The Press Camera Club’ on Facebook - we’d love to see what our region looks like through your lens.

We will feature pictures from our camera club in The Press and online regularly.

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The competition theme for August is York Icons.

Camera Club members are invited to take their photos which interpret the theme and post them on the Facebook page with the hashtag #YorkIcons.

The winning photo gets £50!

Good luck.