ANTARCTICA | Thursday, 27 June 2013 | Views [387] | View Larger Image
I took this photo about 1km from our station during the Antarctic winter. It exemplifies one of the true elements of photography - 'chance'.
First, the Aurora Australis are rare in central Antarctica- we only had three nights in the entire Antarctic winter.
Myself and the station leader had walked out to set up a time-lapse around 1km from the base. It just so happened that it was one of the clearest night skies and then the Aurora came. We were in the right place at the right time.
Looking back at our base, I remember feeling so utterly small and insignificant within the grander picture of the universe above.
I called this photo 'A Teardrop from Heaven'. It was to me, as if Heaven had for a short time left its window open and a small teardrop had fallen down above us.
When I forwarded the photo to the European Space Agency, the photo went 'viral' and became its second most popular photo in its history.
