A beautiful red sunset was seen in the skies above Bolton over the weekend, with many reaching for their cameras to capture the stunning sight.
Among those were member of The Bolton News Camera Club focusing on the glowing red and pink skies.
A bright orange sky was seen over Bradshaw Road on Sunday.
The MET Office explains how red sunsets are seen.
A spokesman said: “At sunrise and sunset, the Sun is very low in the sky, which means that the sunlight we see has travelled through a much thicker amount of atmosphere.
“Because blue light is scattered more strongly by the atmosphere, it tends to be scattered several times and deflected away in other directions before it gets to us.
“This means that there is relatively more yellow and red light left for us to see.”
People rushed to the comments to compliment the beautiful views.
One said: "Stunning. Such amazing colours."
Another said: "I saw it on the way home from Bury, it was so beautiful."
Niki Meikle showed a stunning picture of a light blue sky with hues if red and yellow with the moon faintly seen in the background.
Gillian McGowan caught the deep red and orange behind a tree on Bradshaw Road.
Geof Leigh captured the moon in the back of a moody shot of the sunset with a dark blue sky and a streak of red through it.
While the sun may be coming out for the sunset, the days in Bolton are filled with rain and mostly cloudy skies.
Wednesday and Thursday see highs of 10 and 11 with rain forecast all day, while Friday, Saturday and Sunday follow a similar pattern with rain and at times heavy rain, with highs of nine and seven degrees.
A spokesman for the MET Office over said of the week leading up to Christmas: "Unsettled with milder, mobile spells of wind and rain, and briefer colder interludes most likely.
"Initially, for the north, showers, heavy in places and wintry to low levels, with drier and brighter conditions further south. Lingering strong winds should ease early in the period.
"Milder conditions, likely returning for a time over the weekend.
"By the Christmas period, a chance of a colder, showery interlude with northerly winds." potentially bringing some snowfall, mainly across hills in the north.
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