The incredible images show in amazing detail the sky lit up in amazing green colour above the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.
In the images, captured by New York-based photographer Lucas Jackson, red lava can also be seen spewing from the top of the active volcano. Mr Jackson had earlier captured an astonishing lightning display over the volcano, which he wrote about in detail in an online blog.
The images, from the Reuters news agency, came as Iceland said it would close two of its airports for the first time later on Friday just as the rest of Europe was starting to recover from a week of airline chaos caused by the volcanic ash cloud.
The Icelandic aviation authority has announced that the Keflavik International Airport and Reykjavík International Airport will be closed from this morning.
Airports within Iceland had previously been unscathed by the giant ash cloud thanks to strong northwest winds which blew ash from the volcano, in the south of Iceland, out to sea and over Europe.
The closures come as airports are finally reopening across Europe after world travel was crippled for almost a week.
At its peak, the crisis affected 1.2 million passengers a day and 29 per cent of all global aviation, according to the International Air Transport Association.
Stranded air passengers have been warned they could face a lengthy battle to reclaim the cost of hotels and meals despite budget airlines agreeing to reimburse them.
And It appears increasingly likely that the taxpayer will end up footing the bill for the £1.6 billion cost to the airline and tourist industries of the six-day shutdown.
THE disruption caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland is having a severe and acute impact on local travellers.
Following five full days of flight cancellations to and from Northern Ireland owing to the looming volcanic ash cloud, the province's airspace re-opened again for a very short time on Tuesday.
In the interim period however, with planes across European airports grounded, thousands of passengers from Northern Ireland were left stranded, unable either to return home or indeed, leave the country for business or pleasure .
Among those affected by the air travel paralysis was Ballyclare man Conor Johnston who was in France visiting family.
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