It's divine!
I never fail to be amazed by the universe on those rare occasions I lift from head from the business of studying iPhones, swiping, liking, tapping and uploading. It’s the ultimate ego trip to imagine we’re the only living planet, among billions. I look at the sky and I wonder, can you see me space creatures?
And even though I wouldn’t exactly say it’s a dream, one of these days I promise myself I’ll jump a plane to Norway and examine, at close range, the northern lights or, if you want to be technical about it, aurora borealis. Gas particles collide, or so I read, causing the clubhouse green lightshow. Who wouldn’t want to see it once in his life?
Recently, the three-time world champion, Mick Fanning joined with Norwegian photographers
Emil Sollie and Mats Grimsæth to attempt to snatch a photo, and film, of Mick surfing beneath the northern lights.
“To shoot a picture of surfing under the Northern Lights, there are so many elements that have to come together at the same time,” Sollie explained. “Technically, this is one of the hardest pictures to capture.”
The clip below was shot at midnight on the third day of the trip. “You can imagine,” said Fanning. “Half asleep, jumping in a wetsuit, and then just being wowed by all this stuff. It’s something I’ll remember forever.”
An extended version of the trip will go live next year.
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Mick, how you doing? You keep ending up in cold cold places, when I heard you were gonna take a break I figured you would land in some nice tropical paradise. Some perfect wave or just cruise around at home, but no you’re running up to the arctic. Sooooo How you doin’?
Hahaha “on those rare occasions I lift from head”. Derek the carpet man.
I got a policy of not correcting typos but, oowee, that’s a hell of a slip. Is it Freudian you think?
Why don’t you correct typos?
Why shood he?
I don’t know, maybe the same reason you’d fix a leaking boat, broken fence, faulty toaster … I could on. But actually I was just curious, and never suggested that he should correct typos, you nosy cunt.
Hehe….