Incredible images show Northern Lights illuminating Iceland's night sky

The breath-taking images pictures were taken by a school bus driver who said that witnessing the natural phenomenon was like a "dream."

Kristin Jonsdottir, 27, lives on a farm near the fjord of Borgarfjorour, which she said is the perfect place to take pictures of the aurora borealis because of a lack of light pollution.

Ms Jonsdottir said she had to practice taking pictures of the Northern Lights for a number of years as the light levels of the aurora change rapidly.

She said: "When shooting impressive solar storms I am usually in bed when they appear but then I look outside my window and see the lights everywhere.

"I have to run outside with my camera very quickly. Usually the lights never last long but that night they danced in the skies for hours it was magical.

"I've seen the lights many times and they are always wonderful but this night was like a dream."

The Northern Lights are formed after particles from large solar explosions meet the earth's magnetic shield.

The particles then move towards the magnetic North Pole where they interact with the atmosphere.

Each instance of an aurora is unique but often features three green bands across the sky. The phenomenon happens more than 62 miles above ground level.

The Northern Lights are also known as aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess of dawn Aurora and the Greek name for north wind Boreas.