1/34 My small family spent two years of our lives essentially stateless, stranded at sea, 18,000km from home, floating on 40ft of fiberglass. 'Freedom to transact' literally became a matter of life or death. This is our story👇

2/34 Australia locked its citizens out from returning during the pandemic. My family (wife and three kids 3, 5 and 6 months old) were sailing on a catamaran in the eastern Caribbean at the time. We ended up there for two years waiting out the pandemic.

1/10 During the pandemic, we weren't the only souls adrift at sea. As nations closed their doors, the horizon was dotted with the spectral presence of ghost ships - immense cargo carriers, tankers, and cruise liners. 2/10 They floated aimlessly in international waters or remained anchored at a distance from harbours; some were manned by bare-minimum crews while others echoed a chilling emptiness.

1/35 Why is 'Freedom to Transact' so vital? Why I am I committed to spread the msg via memes such as @punk6529's ? I spent two years of my life essentially stateless, stranded at sea, 18,000km from home, floating on 40ft of fiberglass; freedom to transact became life or death. 2/35 Australia locked it citizens out from returning during the pandemic. My family (wife and three kids 3,5 and 6 months old) were sailing on a catamaran in the eastern Caribbean at the time. We ended up there for two years waiting out the pandemic.

1/37 Twenty five years of adventure photography. I, have been published by high quality traditional houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet, exhibited in galleries around the world, and have sold 89 1/1s (85Ξ in NFT trading volume) since May 2021. Info 👇 2/37 IntrepidPhotos has a focus on remote locations and rare phenomena. Photos have been used as the basis for a scientific paper characterising a rare phenomena, National Park magazine covers and remote National Geographic Traveller locations.

1/13 Two years on a cold dark crusade documenting 'Steve'. 50 long nights awake in remote frozen wastelands with temperatures as low as -40C (-40F). The time for Steve to come to @SuperRare has arrived. Let me explain why this purple ribbon is so special, why it's so important👇 2/13 What is Steve? Most have never heard of it; those that have might just think it's an Aurora. Steve is an east/west phenomena at lower latitudes than you typically see an Aurora. It is caused by a 25km wide ribbon of hot plasma at 3000C, flowing at a speed of 6 km/s.

(1/16) Ever wondered about the different colours and types of Aurora phenomena? I have shot a lot over the years so thought I would do a thread on Aurora types. I will start with the classic overhead green aurora. These next few shots were taken during a G3 (KP7) solar storm. (2/16) Green forms between 100–250 km altitude as oxygen atoms become excited as they interact with the the solar wind and emitting light at 557.7nm. In strong solar storms where the aurora is overhead green dominates as it is so much brighter due to proximity to the viewer.