The Northern Lights treated the North East to a dazzling display early on Monday morning.
Press Association photographer Owen Humphreys is an expert in capturing the Northern Lights, both in the North East of England where he is based and Iceland, where he teaches students.
Owen headed to St Mary's Lighthouse, near Whitley Bay while most of us were tucked in bed late last night and stayed until the early morning to take spectacular photos of the aurora borealis, a phenomenon caused by activity on the sun's surface.
