Suspended hundreds of feet in the air amid glistening pillars of ice illuminated with ghostly lights from below , this could easily be a computer-generated scene from the latest sci-fi blockbuster movie . But in fact these ethereal photographs were taken in real life , and show extreme sportsman and climber Stephan Siegrist , 43 , ascending the Voringsfossen icefall which is part of a gigantic glacier in Eidfjord , Norway . The stunning images were captured by fellow mountaineer and photographer Thomas Senf . While the 500ft frozen waterfall is regularly scaled by climbers during daylight , he said he wanted to capture the beauty of the falls by night . Scroll down for video . Spot the climber : Stephan Siegrist , 43 , scales the Voringsfossen icefall , a 500ft-tall frozen waterfall that forms part of a glacier in Norway . There he is : While hundreds of climbers attempt to scale the fall during the day , few attempt it at night . With bright lights illuminating his efforts from below , Mr Siegrist appears to be on the set of a sci-fi movie . Stunning : Mr Siegrist ( pictured ) trained as an apprentice carpenter before falling in love with mountaineering during a ski trip as a teenager . He gave up woodwork aged 26 , and has earned his living from climbing ever since . He said : 'Photography and filming at night is a big challenge because of the lighting . The ways to play with the factors of light , time and environment fascinate me endlessly . ' I had considered for a long time how to work with artificial light , which is normally only possible in a photo studio , in major mountains . 'The transparency and reflective properties of ice in the sun had often caught my eye . With its virtually unlimited number of icefalls , Norway seemed like the perfect place to put those ideas into practice . ' Climber Mr Siegrist was born in Meikirch , Switzerland , near to Bern , which is within sight of the northern Alps . While he trained as a carpenter , he fell in love with mountaineering after a skiing trip as a teenager . Out of this world : Mr Senf ( pictured bottom right in both images ) was primarily a climber in the early stages of his career , but began to incorporate photography into his adventures , and took these images during one trip in 2012 . Frozen solid : For a large part of the year the Voringsfossen icefall is liquid , but during the winter months the bitterly cold air freezes it solid , allowing climbers to attempt to scale it . Aged 26 he gave up woodwork , became a professional mountain guide , and has made a living from climbing ever since . Over the course of a near 20-year career he has racked up hundreds of climbing hours , making first ascents on all seven continents . As well as ice climbing , as demonstrated in these photographs , he also specialises in big-wall climbing - scaling sheer rock faces that usually require more than one day to ascend - and bouldering - climbing without the use of safety harnesses or ropes . Meanwhile photographer Mr Senf qualified in mechanical engineering , but moved to Switzerland aged 21 to pursue his passion for mountaineering . Adventurer : Mr Senf , who took an expedition to the icefall with Mr Siegrist in order to photograph it , is pictured left , and right during a climb . Starting out purely as a climber , he and a group of friends made two first ascents of peaks in the Himalayas , before he began incorporating photography into his adventures . He captured these stunning images of Mr Siegrist during a trip to Norway in 2012 . He added : 'During the summer months , water tumbles from the cliff tops . Come winter , this majestic landscape is transformed as the waters are suspended mid-flow creating icefalls . 'Climbers frequently scale them during daylight hours , but we wanted to capture their full beauty and colour at night . '
Stunning images captured by photographer Thomas Senf as climber Stephan Siegrist , 43 , scaled frozen waterfall . The Voringsfossen fall is liquid for most of the year , but in winter freezes into a Hundredsft cliff favoured by climbers . 500 of adventurers attempt the climb by day , but very few attempt the ascent at night , as pictured here .