A photographer has captured a rare display of the Northern Lights and the Milky Way at a Neolithic stone circle in the Outer Hebrides.

Andy Wasley, 39, from Stroud in Gloucestershire, captured the celestial show in the early hours of Wednesday (31 Aug).

He observed the aurora at the Callanish I stone circle on Scotland’s Isle of Lewis, an ancient monument built more than 4,500 years ago.

Andy explains: ‘Clear skies made it possible to see the Milky Way along with the green glow of the Northern Lights – which are caused by solar particles interacting with the earth’s atmosphere.’

The Callanish Stones are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle.

They were erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age.

Explanations for the stones range from being a prehistoric lunar observatory to, according to folklore, petrified giants who would not convert to Christianity.

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