BBC Weather Watcher Professormiller captured green hues in the sky over Mold, Flintshire [Professormiller | BBC Weather Watchers]
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Wales was treated to a breathtaking display overnight from the Northern Lights.
Dozens of BBC Weather Watchers captured the aurora borealis on camera across the whole of Wales including Anglesey, Flintshire, Powys, Ceredigion, Merthyr Tydfil and Swansea.
They could be seen after one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years hit Earth, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issuing a rare solar storm warning.
Such storms increase people's chances of seeing the lights.
BBC Wales weatherman Derek Brockway described the sights as a "treat" on X, formerly Twitter, after he saw them for himself at Pendine, Carmarthenshire.
BBC Weather Watcher Gail took this photograph at Penycae, Powys [Gail weather watchers | BBC Weather Watchers]
BBC reporter Gareth Williams was at Moelfre, Anglesey, to catch the display [Gareth Williams]
BBC Weather Watcher Amy took this photograph at Tywyn, Gwynedd [Amy | BBC Weather Watchers]
Tonight may offer another chance to catch the aurora if you have clear skies, according to the NOAA, and Sunday could bring yet more displays reaching as far as Alabama. The agency says the 'extreme' geomagnetic storm will continue through tomorrow.
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