Factors like the sun being lower in the sky, cleaner air and a lack of humidity tends to imbue the colder months' sunsets and sunrises with a more spectacular spectrum of colours for longer.

Here are some of our favourite pictures taken by our talented readers and followers on Instagram (@shropshirestar), with a sunrise shot thrown in too:

Waters Upton, photographed by John Rawlinson

Rushbury, photographed by Peter Steggles

Newport, photographed by Ed de Quincey

Priorslee Lake, photographed by Rob Blackham

Oswestry, photographed by Phil Parry

Shrewsbury, photographed by Grant Ellson

The Wrekin, photographed by @through_claires_eye

Sunrise in Wellington, photographed by @krisography

Have you got a photo from around Shropshire you're proud of and would like to shout about? Email it to digital@shropshirestar.co.uk or tag it with #shropshirestar on Instagram to share it with us.