Earth, solar wind and fire: Northern lights and molten lava come together in landscape that could be out of this world

Earth, solar wind and fire: Northern lights and molten lava come together in landscape that could be out of this world | Mail Online: "With their vivid colours and alien landscapes, these pictures look like they could be of another world.

They capture two of nature’s most spectacular sights - the northern lights and an erupting volcano in Iceland - in a single shot.

Photographer James Appleton from Cambridge braved the mighty flames of the Fimmvvrpuhals volcano and the frozen bite of the harsh Icelandic winter – and was rewarded with these incredibly rare shots."