Northern Lights photo over Iceland resemble giant Wicked Witch of the West

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The fright before Christmas: Sinister moment Northern Lights over Iceland resemble giant Wicked Witch of the West

• Shape of Wizard of Oz character appeared in Northern Lights over Iceland
• Picture was captured by meteorologist Graeme Whipps, 52, from Scotland
• Father-of-two woke at 3am to capture spectacular images of the light show

This is the sinister moment the Northern Lights resembled a giant version of the Wicked Witch of the West.

The evil Wizard of Oz character momentarily appeared to be looking down from the sky above Iceland during the spectacular light show.

Graeme Whipps, a meteorologist from Inverurie, northern Scotland, captured the image on a recent visit to see the Northern Lights.

A photographer captured the sinister moment the Northern Lights resembled a giant version of the Wicked Witch of the West

The 52-year-old said: 'I'd had a disappointing evening as it was a cloudy sky. But I woke at around 3am to look out of my hotel window and see a beautiful green night sky.

'I spent around four hours taking photographs and it wasn't until looking at them afterwards that my wife noticed a face in the picture.'

Mr Whipps, a father-of-two, added: 'You can see how people of ancient times thought the Northern Lights were Gods looking down on them. It's quite a scary-looking image.'

The evil Wizard of Oz character momentarily appeared to be looking down from the sky above Iceland during the spectacular light show. The Wicked Witch, played by Margaret Hamilton, is pictured with Judy Garland's Dorothy in the 1939 film

The photograph also has the Milky Way running horizontally through the shot.

The cluster of the stars to the top left is the Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters as they are more commonly known.

A smudged star in the bottom left of the image is the Andromeda Galaxy.

Graeme said: 'You can see the more unusual shapes in the Aurora as the night draws to an end, but I've never seen anything like this before.' 

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