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A still from the final season of Game of Thrones? This is actually a jaw-dropping image of the aurora borealis over Iceland this month (Feb). It was captured by professional photographer and astronomer Jingyi Zhang, whose mother was so excited she ran out to see it and was captured in the foreground of the picture. It caught the attention of a NASA expert (NB: it is not a NASA-owned image), who commented: "Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don't exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland earlier this month. The aurora was caused by a hole in the Sun's corona that expelled charged particles into a solar wind that followed a changing interplanetary magnetic field to Earth's magnetosphere. As some of those particles then struck Earth's atmosphere, they excited atoms which subsequently emitted light: aurora. This iconic display was so enthralling that the photographer's mother ran out to see it and was captured in the foreground. No sunspots have appeared on the Sun so far in February, making the multiple days of picturesque auroral activity this month somewhat surprising." Where: Iceland When: 06 Feb 2019 Credit: Jingyi Zhang/Wang Zheng/Cover Images **MANDATORY CREDIT: Jingyi Zhang/Wang Zheng/Cover Images Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission**