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Stunning sunrise captured across the East Midlands

Tom Price Sunrise at Wollaton Hall in NottinghamshireTom Price
Tom Price shared his picture of Wollaton Hall in Nottinghamshire on social media

People across the East Midlands woke up to a beautiful sunrise to start off the week.

BBC Weather Watchers and social media users captured colourful scenes on Monday and shared their pictures online.

Peter Sunrise in Saltby, LeicestershirePeter
Peter captured the dramatic sunrise over a lake in Saltby in Leicestershire
Helen Earth Sunrise in Cropwell Bisop, NottinghamshireHelen Earth
Helen Earth was out walking with her dog, who also stopped to take in the view, in Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire
Simon Booker Sunrise in Chesterfield, DerbyshireSimon Booker
Simon Booker captured a spectacular red sky in Chesterfield
Pete Sunrise in Melton Mowbray, LeicestershirePete
Pete was treated to the eye-catching red sky in Melton Mowbray
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Analysis

By Gillian Brown, BBC weather presenter

You might be familiar with the phrase, 'red sky at night shepherd's delight'- a saying that is more reliable when we have weather fronts approaching from the west.

Red or pink sunsets are often thought to mean calmer conditions are on the way.

But today, 'red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning' was more appropriate.

Skies were a mix of pink, orange and red - colours that usually suggest weather systems are pushing in from the west - as they usually do in the UK.

The pink sunrises across the East Midlands were alluding to just that; warning of the next set of weather fronts, bringing cloud and rain, leading to more unsettled conditions.

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LindafromBelper Sunrise in Belper, DerbyshireLindafromBelper
Early riser LindafromBelper woke up to a mix of pink, orange and red in Belper, Derbyshire
TeamBeaglie Sunrise in Ketton, RutlandTeamBeaglie
TeamBeaglie captured the sun on the clouds in Ketton, Rutland
Curly Claire Sunrise in Cotgrave, NottinghamshireCurly Claire
BBC Weather Watcher Curly Claire captured the spectacular scene above a lake in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire
RutlandShepherdess Sunrise in Oakham, RutlandRutlandShepherdess
RutlandShepherdess was in Oakham, Rutland, to capture the scene
Steve A Sunrise in Kimberley NottinghamshireSteve A
And Steve A saw it while walking through a field in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
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