The Northern Lights lit up skies across Suffolk once again last night. 

Skies across the county were turned shades of pink and green as the aurora borealis was spotted for the second night in a row. 

The natural phenomenon was pictured over Woodbridge, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds.

On Monday Dr Nicholas Tucker captured the moment shooting stars travelled across the sky over Southwold. 

Aurora is caused by atoms and molecules in our atmosphere colliding with particles from the sun, according to the Royal Museums Greenwich.

The wavy patterns of light are caused by the lines of force in the Earth's magnetic field, and the different colours are made by different gasses - the green is characteristic of oxygen, while the purple, blue or pink are caused by nitrogen.

On Monday, forecasters said there was a high chance that people would also be able to see a display of celestial fireworks as the perseid meteor shower passed over.