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Thor’s Wrath

This all-sky piece turns out to be the one that showcases the most impressive, powerful-looking aurora that I have ever captured. On a mild and bright September night, I was hiking among the birch trees of the boreal forest. The branches were swinging back and forth in the rather strong wind. Suddenly, the wind came to a halt like the calm before the storm… A strange green light started swirling above my head. I barely had time to set up my camera when a strong, persistent corona appeared, as if Thor was throwing a punch at Midgard!

Creator

Adrien Mauduit

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Adrien Mauduit is a professional nature cinematographer and astrophotographer, as well as an aurora and space weather expert based out of Tromsø in Arctic Norway. Ever since he was little, Adrien has been deeply passionate about nature, the sky, and space. After his very first serendipitous encounter with the aurora in Denmark in 2013, he bought his first camera to try and capture it. Since then, he quit his full-time engineer and teacher job and made his photography hobby into a full-time job, with a specialization in capturing life at night using innovative techniques. After many years of traveling and intense training in the field of space weather, Adrien has captured an extensive array of photographs, real-time and timelapse sequences of the milky way, the aurora, sky objects, animals at night, or other atmospheric phenomena. Some of his best camera work can be found in documentaries on platforms like BBC, Netflix, and National Geographic and he still works part-time with some of the world’s biggest production companies. In recent years, Adrien has been striving to educate the public on the harsh Arctic life as well as the auroral phenomenon through visual ibooks, webinars, and conferences around the world. Ever since he joined the metaverse last year, Adrien’s mission has been to spread awareness about the citizen science he conducts on a daily basis through the creation of visual art and new communities.

Properties

Rights

Extended Editorial

Location

Storvatnet, Troms (Norway)

Geomagnetic Power (Local K index)

8

Special Foreground Element

NA

Special Background Element

Beam corona

Edition

1 / 1

Dimensions

3648x5472

Filetype

JPG

License

Extended Editorial

Can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of participants. The license includes unlimited use and display in virtual or physical galleries, documentaries, and essays by the NFT holder. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works.

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