Break for Glory: Aurora Borealis - Chapter 11 continued....1

December 20, 2010.

In the 10th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna declares

यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा |
तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम् ||१०-४१||

yadyadvibhuutimatsattvaM shriimaduurjitameva vaa.
tattadevaavagachchha tvaM mama tejo.nshasambhavam.h .. 10-41..

"Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a fraction of My splendour".

There are many occasions to recall this. My most recent instance was when I came across this video below (thanks to the Daily Dish).

Aurora Borealis timelapse HD - Tromsø 2010 from Tor Even Mathisen on Vimeo.
This is a time lapse photography of the Aurora Borealis over Tromsø, Norway photographed by Tor Even Mathisen, with Music by Per Wollen and vocals by Silje Beate Nilssen.

Perhaps, Shri Krishna would have said today something as follows:
"Among photographers, I am the nature photographer".

Feel free to post your own suggestions in the comments section with clearly attributed copyrighted material. Publicly accessible links preferred. No chain emails please, no matter how pretty or profound the slides are.

Hari Om and Namaskaar until the next post.

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