Majestic light show over Badenoch and Strathspey
The latest aurora borealis was sooo big that it could be seen from both ends of the strath at the same time...!
Here are some magical shots from local snappers who couldn't resist the chance to go out and click away.
Hamish Napier, Grantown's award-winning composer and musician for example.
He tells the Strathy: "I came back from playing a gig on Tuesday evening – the Storylands Sessions at Loch Insh – and I was unloading the van and thought I could see car headlights shining up into the sky through the mist.
"Except, I realised it was completely clear...
"That’s when I knew it was the Northern Lights and so we quickly switched all the lights of the house off so we could appreciate them better.
"The dark skies in this area make it a special place for stargazing and to catch amazing occurrences such as the aurora borealis."
At Kingussie, photographer David Macleod said: "There was nothing on the telly so I just decided to go out a walk down by Ruthven Barracks.
"There's lots of sky out there!
"It was a lovely night for taking shots and I got a few in, but it was getting colder all the time so I headed back home into town – could have gone on for longer.
"It was a great night for the 'lights', as had been predicted."
In Kincraig, Laura Hansler stepped out to capture some lovely shots despite the village's own street, house and hall lights.
All round a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the spectacular show caused by activity on the surface of the sun.
Its solar storms give out huge clouds of electrically charged particles which travel millions of miles.
Most are deflected away from us, but some become captured in Earth’s magnetic field, accelerating down towards the north and south poles into the atmosphere.
