Spectacular pictures of the Northern Lights

A photographer has caught some amazing pictures of the Northern Lights in Norway.

Eirik Evjen, who lives in Eggum in Lofoten decided to set up a camera to try to take pictures of the Aurora Borealis.

He placed his camera on top of a mountain to shoot a timelapse of the sky above his hometown.

"It was very cold outside so I had to wrap the camera in the warm clothes I was wearing," he said.

Eirik got a real surprise when he picked up the camera eight hours later.

He said: "When I checked the film, it turned out that the sky was full of wonderful Northern Lights. This is just amazing and spectacular."

The Northern Lights is a natural light display in the sky, usually spotted at night in polar regions.

It is caused by the collision of charged particles directed by the Earth's magnetic fields.