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stunning views in the arctic light from cso photography filmed in 2011 on the archipelago lofoten in norway

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Mr. TSO (Terje Sorgjerd) has been busy hard at work in Norway piecing together some outrageously beautiful videos. In his latest, titled The Arctic Light, the artist showcases the very rare beauty that only nature and time of year can bring together at once. Getting these shots required an enormous amount of planning, timing, and brutal execution. But it's all worth it in the end. At 1:06 you see a single scene from day to night to day.

Enjoy original music by Marika Takeuchi, who produced the track at the artist's request. In the mean time, head over to Terje's Twitter or Facebook to connect with him directly. He's already amassed a highly impressive number of fans. After watching this video, really, it's no wonder.

Terje shares his thoughts on the film:

My favorite natural phenomenon is one I do not even know the name of, even after talking to meteorologists and astrophysicists I am none the wiser.What I am talking about I have decided to call The Arctic Light and it is a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun.

The Sunset and Sunrise are connected in one magnificent show of color and light lasting from 8 to 12 hours. The sun is barely going below the horizon before coming up again. This is the most colorful light that I know, and the main reason I have been going up there for the last 4 years, at the exact same time of year, to photograph. Based on previous experience, I knew this was going to be a very difficult trip. Having lost a couple of cameras and some other equipment up there before, it was crucial to bring an extra set of everything. I also made sure I had plenty of time in case something went wrong. If you can imagine roping down mountain cliffs, or jumping around on slippery rocks covered in seaweed with 2 tripods, a rail, a controller, camera, lenses, filters and rigging for 4-5 hour long sequences at a time, and then having to calculate the rise and fall of the tides in order to capture the essence – it all prved bit of a challenge.

And almost as if planned, the trip would turn out to become very difficult indeed. I had numerous setbacks including: airline lost my luggage, struggling to swim ashore after falling into the Arctic sea: twice, breaking lenses, filters, tripod, computer, losing the whole dolly rig and controller into the sea, and even falling off a rather tall rock and ending up in the hospital. As much as I wanted to give up, the best way Out is always “Through”. I am glad I stuck it through though because there were some amazing sunrises waiting. At 1:06 you see a single scene from day to night to day.