The beauty of the Aurora captured in Norfolk

Sally Hammond took these stunning photos in Burnham Overy Staithe

Sally, from Burnham Market, tells me how 'special and spectacular the light show was'.   Earlier this week an Aurora alert came up on her telephone, so she rushed to try and capture it.

"I checked the sky from our top windows that enables a Northern view. I could see the sky was red even with my naked eye, and that the Aurora could therefore go crazy. So I whizzed to Burnham Overy Staithe, just 6 minutes away, in case the Aurora faded quickly."

And she managed to take some brilliant shots.

"I’ve always wanted to photograph a really good Aurora from there," adds Sally,  "When I arrived it was just me there and I began taking photos at 8:45pm. The Aurora lit up the sky all around and all the colours from vivid red and pink through to green were visible through the camera and also, though less bright, by eye.

"I kept taking photos to capture the full varied colour sequence through to 9:30pm, when the green began to fade."

Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is a naturally occurring spectacle, when charged particles from the sun collide with Earth's atmospheric gases.

They are mostly visible near the Arctic Circle, but during periods of high solar activity can be seen in the UK.

A few other people joined her to watch the display.

"We were all exclaiming how special and spectacular the light show was, how exciting it was to experience it and how lucky and privileged we felt to see it in our favourite place!"

Thanks Sally for sharing your photos with us.