This amazing video shows the Northern Lights passing over the Scottish Highlands overnight.

Created using a time-lapse technique to speed up a sequence of events, the clip was filmed by photographer Mark Appleton from the B&B he runs with his wife Jan - Croft 23 in South Erradale near Gairloch.

Despite being just 30 seconds long, it was shot between 11.30pm on Thursday and 6am on Friday – condensing the amazing six-and-a-half hour display into just half a minute.

“Oh my, here's the time lapse video from last night's Aurora,” Mark wrote on Croft 23’s Facebook page.

“If you didn't manage to go out and see it this will make you feel that you were there.”

The Northern Lights were visible in the UK thanks to a strong surge in geomagnetic energy, which made them visible far from their usual confines of the Arctic Circle.

Mark’s photography website is due to go live in the next few days.

Video/Photo credit: Mark Appleton