U-2 pilot and instructor Ross Franquemont, of the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron based at Beale Air Force Base in California, has taken a series of images on his missions and the latest collection must be among his finest snaps.
The images taken of the Northern Lights were taken by Ross, a keen photographer, during his mission from the UK in the U-2 Dragonlady aircraft.
Ross said: “I had no idea how fast the aurora moved and changed. It danced around, changing shape several times a second. That made it a challenge for the photographer in a spacesuit sitting in shaking metal can moving 500 mph.”
Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in the northern hemisphere is a natural light display caused by the collision of solar wind and magnetospheric charged particles with the high altitude atmosphere.
Click through the gallery to see the Northern Lights as you’ve never seen it before.