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| Meteor photographed from Loch Ness | Meteor photographed from Loch Ness |
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| A meteor that may have caused phone calls to the Coastguard in Scotland and England was photographed from the shores of Loch Ness. | A meteor that may have caused phone calls to the Coastguard in Scotland and England was photographed from the shores of Loch Ness. |
| Tourist guide John Alasdair Macdonald captured his image on a compact camera near Dochfour at about 21:00 on Sunday. | Tourist guide John Alasdair Macdonald captured his image on a compact camera near Dochfour at about 21:00 on Sunday. |
| The Maritime and Coastguard Agency got calls from people in the Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria concerned it was a distress flare. | The Maritime and Coastguard Agency got calls from people in the Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria concerned it was a distress flare. |
| Mr Macdonald described his images as a "fluke". | Mr Macdonald described his images as a "fluke". |
| Mr Macdonald said: "I was taking some new pictures to put on my Facebook page using a Sony RX100 compact camera. | Mr Macdonald said: "I was taking some new pictures to put on my Facebook page using a Sony RX100 compact camera. |
| "It was a beautiful, clear night and I got some nice pictures but capturing the meteor was a fluke. I will never take a picture like that again." | "It was a beautiful, clear night and I got some nice pictures but capturing the meteor was a fluke. I will never take a picture like that again." |
| Mr Macdonald, who runs the business The Hebridean Explorer, said he had seen messages on social media of a meteor being seen elsewhere, including Sleat on Skye. | Mr Macdonald, who runs the business The Hebridean Explorer, said he had seen messages on social media of a meteor being seen elsewhere, including Sleat on Skye. |
| Meteor sightings were also said to have been made from North Uist, Oban and Mull. | |
| A "meteorite" mistaken for a distress flare also sparked a lifeboat search operation off the English coast on Sunday. | A "meteorite" mistaken for a distress flare also sparked a lifeboat search operation off the English coast on Sunday. |
| Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team said it received numerous reports of a moving red object over the sea between Workington, Cumbria, and the Isle of Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway. | Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team said it received numerous reports of a moving red object over the sea between Workington, Cumbria, and the Isle of Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway. |
| Did you see the meteor? Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (international). Or you can upload here. | Did you see the meteor? Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (international). Or you can upload here. |
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