ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 10月17日 21時20分

It is likely a photographers dream to get the National Geographic cover. November 2013 is @carstenpeter Carsten Peter‘s 4th cover, including the national editions my 15th. But I wished this cover never would have „happened“. Too bitter, if a #tornado becomes personal and takes out the life of friends. #Storm #chasing welded this friendship for more than a decade, squeezed us into tight cars and was responsible for uncountable miles equaling many surroundings of the globe. I lived with Tim Samaras, his son Paul and Carl Young through numerous tight situations and never lost trust for my life in their hands. Their decisions put safety first and were very thoughtful. Tim and Carl were like toreros of the storms, who knew their beasts very well, „played“ with them for science sake in a virtuous and highly professional manner. Any uncertainty made them retract or skip their approach. It is almost an irony that they were hit who put safety first. It shows too how vulnerable man is versus these giant forces of nature and there is nothing to set against this metereological chaos, once it embraces you.
I would have loved to celebrate our ten year anniversary of the #Manchester tornado with them (the 11/2013 cover image is from June 24th, 2003 - Paul was still too young to chase with us). It is also a photographic time travel: shot on film, it was a challenge to react fast enough to the ever changing light situations: I had 7 camera sets loaded with different sensitivities and optics - prepared for any constellation and trained three seasons for this. It was an almost too close experience and for sure a lifetime event. Tim never wanted to come that close again but was able to measure a world record pressure drop. More in the current issue of National Geographic @thephotosociety

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