Watch This Guy Balance Rocks on Water in the Most Mesmerizing Way | Short Film Showcase

Ойын-сауық

Watch stone artist Manu Topic's balancing act in the French Pyrenees’ L’Arros river. Gathering rocks from the stream, he stacks them carefully to create remarkable gravity-defying sculptures. Filmmaker Patrick Foch documents this artistic process as it unfolds in his aptly titled short film, Equilibrium.
➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe
➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase
About Short Film Showcase:
The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. We look for work that affirms National Geographic's belief in the power of science, exploration, and storytelling to change the world. The filmmakers created the content presented, and the opinions expressed are their own, not those of National Geographic Partners.
See more from National Geographic's Short Film Showcase at documentary.com
Get More National Geographic:
Official Site: bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite
Facebook: bit.ly/FBNatGeo
Twitter: bit.ly/NatGeoTwitter
Instagram: bit.ly/NatGeoInsta
Cinematography by Benjamin Ziegler: vimeo.com/bziegler
Music by Yann Rouquet: yannrouquet.com/
Sound design by Christophe Girod: www.kaaproduction.com/
Filmmaker Patrick Foch: vimeo.com/channels/patfoch
Follow Manu Topic on Facebook: / manutopicbalance
Watch This Guy Balance Rocks on Water in the Most Mesmerizing Way | Short Film Showcase
• Watch This Guy Balance...
National Geographic
/ natgeo

Пікірлер: 374

  • @kartikeyasridharan9145
    @kartikeyasridharan91456 жыл бұрын

    I dont know which is more amazing...his rock balancing skills or the natural beauty surrounding him

  • @zymethwalker8947

    @zymethwalker8947

    6 жыл бұрын

    Max Rockatansky all

  • @wenzhang9042

    @wenzhang9042

    6 жыл бұрын

    Max Rockatansky

  • @orkunsevengil336

    @orkunsevengil336

    6 жыл бұрын

    The national geographic camera light processor.

  • @captainwaste8184

    @captainwaste8184

    4 жыл бұрын

    The two are mutually exclusive and one defeats the other ... STOP ROCK BALANCING NOW

  • @hanafi5592
    @hanafi55926 жыл бұрын

    1. Amazing talent 2. Perfect Camera work 3. Beautiful scenery 4. Stunning music and sound effect This not just a video, this is pure artwork

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    We love your enthusiasm! Thanks for watching!

  • @captainwaste8184

    @captainwaste8184

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@NatGeo You are a cancer on Nature. Rock balancing destroys life forms and native environments.

  • @bilectrica

    @bilectrica

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@captainwaste8184 , YEP!

  • @kingslayer8121

    @kingslayer8121

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re eyes that are able to capture all this is the real magnificent thing. Not any of this

  • @SeniKeseimbangan

    @SeniKeseimbangan

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree with the 4 points you mentioned.. this video inspired me to learn the art of balancing

  • @dat90zkid
    @dat90zkid6 жыл бұрын

    This guy rocks.

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    We see what you did there!

  • @vetplays5396

    @vetplays5396

    4 жыл бұрын

    Omg I can't stop laughing

  • @anthnygame0158

    @anthnygame0158

    4 жыл бұрын

    Andrew001 HAAHA OMG 😆😆why lol

  • @mrguylee

    @mrguylee

    4 жыл бұрын

    This joke hit harder than one falling on my feet

  • @siryeet3849

    @siryeet3849

    4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @pragyanmajumdar676
    @pragyanmajumdar6766 жыл бұрын

    The amount of patience needed for something so beautiful is an achievement in itself.

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    We admire his patience and talent!

  • @thesecondkate
    @thesecondkate6 жыл бұрын

    I actually wouldn't mind sitting in that river like that for hours wearing waterproof bottoms of course so I don't become like a prune

  • @alexhenry3328

    @alexhenry3328

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don’t mean to burst your bubble, but even in the middle of summer, the rivers are freezing

  • @editreloadzz2829

    @editreloadzz2829

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alex Henry i wouldn’t mind if they were freezing waters

  • @jtiss_1023
    @jtiss_10236 жыл бұрын

    That place looks fucking amazing. The green is mesmerizing

  • @suhani.13
    @suhani.134 жыл бұрын

    This took my breath away... soo soothing...

  • @TWIZZTHEWHIZKID
    @TWIZZTHEWHIZKID6 жыл бұрын

    The scenery is so peaceful serene.

  • @FelipeGonzalez-qd4wu
    @FelipeGonzalez-qd4wu6 жыл бұрын

    Love the scenery and how beautiful mother nature is forealz, being outdoors is my thing to do...

  • @jaridkeen123
    @jaridkeen1236 жыл бұрын

    You always get the most beautiful shots

  • @theunknownsomeone6764
    @theunknownsomeone67646 жыл бұрын

    Marvellous! !

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    Isn't it awesome? Thanks for watching!

  • @ChefRafi
    @ChefRafi6 жыл бұрын

    You’ll see a lot of art like this in the river by the Sagada cave.

  • @glevtube
    @glevtube5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, amazing! Just imaging the level of awareness and focus this guy has!

  • @intellectualblackking162
    @intellectualblackking1626 жыл бұрын

    Where does this guy live? That scenery is amazing!

  • @NiePieerdol

    @NiePieerdol

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yung Afrika it's in France. Look up description

  • @terrywbreedlove

    @terrywbreedlove

    6 жыл бұрын

    French Pyrenees’ L’Arros river.

  • @ZENERVOLTAGE

    @ZENERVOLTAGE

    5 жыл бұрын

    The distinct lack of shopping trollies tells me that river isn't in England! 😂

  • @aveaillium8754

    @aveaillium8754

    5 жыл бұрын

    Leave that, think about all those creatures in the water that could have harmed him.

  • @lilylily9012
    @lilylily90124 жыл бұрын

    The natural beauty and flow of the water is calming.

  • @stacykrett
    @stacykrett6 жыл бұрын

    So relaxing to watch.

  • @ksathvik1857
    @ksathvik18576 жыл бұрын

    The place is very beautiful

  • @karincervantes8998
    @karincervantes89986 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thats incredible!

  • @Mando_Bags
    @Mando_Bags6 жыл бұрын

    Wherever he is looks absolutely amazing

  • @rajeshkumar-jk1qb
    @rajeshkumar-jk1qb6 жыл бұрын

    Loved the nature....

  • @benjiboyoing

    @benjiboyoing

    6 жыл бұрын

    I love YOU

  • @francoisaganiivnube6070
    @francoisaganiivnube60703 жыл бұрын

    The cinematography on this one is just amazing

  • @deryjeder
    @deryjeder6 жыл бұрын

    A: what is your job man? B: Balancing rocks.

  • @sahilmustafabeig642

    @sahilmustafabeig642

    6 жыл бұрын

    Deri Jericho hahaha lol 😂😂

  • @Jraymiami

    @Jraymiami

    6 жыл бұрын

    Deri Jericho ...ya, he's an artist!

  • @benburnett964

    @benburnett964

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jraymiami Imagine you meet your relatives you haven't seen in a long time and they ask you this very question. That'd be hilarious lol. Not that I'm against it but, yeah... he got talent and patience. I respect him.

  • @Melicioel7

    @Melicioel7

    6 жыл бұрын

    *============Linkedin Profile============* Rock Balanceer *Current Employer* _Rock that Balance Inc_ *Experience* 2017 - Balanced Rocks on top of Waterfall 2015 - Balanced Rocks on a Hill 2014 - Balaced Rocks on a tree *Education* Stacking University, _MSc Equilibrium Mechanics_ Masters thesis: "Balancing Rocks on a Surf Board, a Theoretical Analysis"

  • @naybobdenod

    @naybobdenod

    6 жыл бұрын

    No Deri, you have just named the Indian guy 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jackiechan3599
    @jackiechan35996 жыл бұрын

    Stoned out his mind

  • @TWIZZTHEWHIZKID

    @TWIZZTHEWHIZKID

    6 жыл бұрын

    Won Ton I see what you did there.

  • @jackiechan3599

    @jackiechan3599

    6 жыл бұрын

    Twizz The Whiz Kid hehehe

  • @cruxunbreakable
    @cruxunbreakable6 жыл бұрын

    Valhalla rising :) ... this is meditation... your mind focuses for a brief time.

  • @renn7187
    @renn71874 жыл бұрын

    that would be piece of art if glued together and kept as a showpiece

  • @hml2901
    @hml29015 жыл бұрын

    He protecc He attac But most importantly he stac

  • @countrylife04
    @countrylife046 жыл бұрын

    the place is beautiful ♥

  • @DavidMashil
    @DavidMashil6 жыл бұрын

    Powerful stuff, I love the cinematic feel too to this film. It's right on the button.

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    We're glad you enjoyed!

  • @db7r7
    @db7r76 жыл бұрын

    Amazing.

  • @rebeccaluis1223
    @rebeccaluis12236 жыл бұрын

    The simplest things in life can be the most beautiful

  • @claudevachon2104
    @claudevachon21046 жыл бұрын

    An amazing day. Thanks for sharing.

  • @BlackWarriorLures
    @BlackWarriorLures5 жыл бұрын

    Wow! So inspiring!

  • @Madcypher
    @Madcypher6 жыл бұрын

    Excellent cinematography and camera work

  • @Broken-Flesh
    @Broken-Flesh6 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful looking place.

  • @SeniKeseimbangan
    @SeniKeseimbangan2 жыл бұрын

    Your video is very good and inspires me to continue learning and practicing this balancing art

  • @wiseass5045
    @wiseass50456 жыл бұрын

    Rock On

  • @cyndifoore7743
    @cyndifoore77436 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @LynsHomeGardenDesign
    @LynsHomeGardenDesign3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing balancing!

  • @shoopy711
    @shoopy7116 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Dude's steady as a rock!

  • @swarnendudas6265
    @swarnendudas62656 жыл бұрын

    Best ASMR video I've ever seen

  • @IAmPinkalPatel
    @IAmPinkalPatel Жыл бұрын

    Thank You 💓

  • @Palinghufter
    @Palinghufter6 жыл бұрын

    2 rocks is the most I can do lol

  • @haanri1451

    @haanri1451

    6 жыл бұрын

    i can do 1

  • @artconnolly9519

    @artconnolly9519

    6 жыл бұрын

    Palinghufter 2 rocks is easy try "one" arghhhh now that takes skill. ;)

  • @Palinghufter

    @Palinghufter

    6 жыл бұрын

    Art Connolly M8 you should turn pro. That is far above my level

  • @mystic_alchemist
    @mystic_alchemist6 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!🖤🖤🖤

  • @macrocephal1c
    @macrocephal1c3 жыл бұрын

    Each rock in a stream is blooming with life. Everything from aquatic plants to micro-organisms are attached to those rocks. It could be potentially damaging to the life cycles of organisms connected to the natural area's river rock. You should know that, National Geographic!

  • @evawasnik2468
    @evawasnik24683 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful n beautifully done 😍

  • @fruschluft9608
    @fruschluft96084 жыл бұрын

    Thats crazy, I love balancing rocks but thats just another level.

  • @utej.k.bemsel4777
    @utej.k.bemsel4777 Жыл бұрын

    I made this a childrens play. To stack as much flat stones over another as is possible. The one with the highest tower wins. Teaches them to be careful and patient!

  • @moneyharry
    @moneyharry6 жыл бұрын

    The view was amazing

  • @TheRabaxyka
    @TheRabaxyka6 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Its amazing job! No are limits ;)

  • @vatablous
    @vatablous6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing footage, Amazing location, Amazing Guy!

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    We think so too!

  • @BratBustersParenting
    @BratBustersParenting6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!

  • @novocaine223
    @novocaine2236 жыл бұрын

    this images of balanced rocks were on my books throughout my college years.

  • @RJAY2K
    @RJAY2K6 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @alokyaduvanshi5997
    @alokyaduvanshi59976 жыл бұрын

    Amazing ......

  • @BigBsal
    @BigBsal6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @muthuk
    @muthuk4 жыл бұрын

    Loved it the place is so beautiful

  • @Jandok166
    @Jandok1666 жыл бұрын

    Love this wpnder why this channel isn't as famous as it is as a tv channel hmm.

  • @Snake5440
    @Snake54406 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful river

  • @siberia2705
    @siberia27053 жыл бұрын

    Какая красивая природа....Парень творец👍👍

  • @vincentkhang5264
    @vincentkhang52646 жыл бұрын

    This is beautifully satisfying

  • @imacat5995
    @imacat59956 жыл бұрын

    so relaxing

  • @ervin5872
    @ervin58726 жыл бұрын

    This guy rocks!

  • @jacklyall1378
    @jacklyall13786 жыл бұрын

    I’ve never seen such a brilliant green in my life. I have to go there

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    The French Pyrenees’ L’Arros river is gorgeous, hopefully you'll get to visit soon

  • @ABY68193
    @ABY681935 жыл бұрын

    You rock sir!!

  • @diegomanguelo
    @diegomanguelo4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Beautiful,,!

  • @Jraymiami
    @Jraymiami6 жыл бұрын

    Magnifique!!!

  • @huyhoango9457
    @huyhoango94574 жыл бұрын

    incredible!!

  • @BKaneNp8
    @BKaneNp86 жыл бұрын

    Incredible

  • @sshubamsanmotra
    @sshubamsanmotra6 жыл бұрын

    Such a nice and beautiful place

  • @primavera3989
    @primavera39896 жыл бұрын

    Awestruck

  • @intellectualblackking162
    @intellectualblackking1626 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if you can do architecture built upon this concept...

  • @Paakku97

    @Paakku97

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yung Afrika interesting idea

  • @rajinfootonchuriquen

    @rajinfootonchuriquen

    6 жыл бұрын

    Poor stability

  • @hayabusa5306

    @hayabusa5306

    6 жыл бұрын

    One sneeze and everyone dies lol

  • @bulganzi6980

    @bulganzi6980

    6 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully displayed

  • @dismaldice3045

    @dismaldice3045

    6 жыл бұрын

    Separate buildings on top of each other 👀

  • @jasonhayward6965
    @jasonhayward69652 жыл бұрын

    That's amazing did you know those rocks were used to wipe bottoms for thousands of years. Like before toilet paper they are about half an inch thick sometimes thicker and rounded on the edges .the ones you are playing with sometimes they were stacked up after cleaning them off.they are valuable historical pieces .

  • @cheesyrider6914
    @cheesyrider69145 жыл бұрын

    so cool,someone does this in the Humber river in Toronto too

  • @DHIRAJJKUMARBittu
    @DHIRAJJKUMARBittu6 жыл бұрын

    Gr8 work

  • @morrohd9055
    @morrohd90554 жыл бұрын

    Perfectly balanced. As all things should be.

  • @jerryjackson2885
    @jerryjackson28856 жыл бұрын

    wonderful

  • @comfortablydumbb
    @comfortablydumbb6 жыл бұрын

    It says 'on water'.... But still, it's a work of art!! I like it

  • @ratnadeepdeb3100
    @ratnadeepdeb31006 жыл бұрын

    And here am I falling at every step

  • @Sstevewong36
    @Sstevewong363 жыл бұрын

    great arts

  • @nehavishwkarma4742
    @nehavishwkarma47425 жыл бұрын

    amazing..........................😮

  • @hrisatti
    @hrisatti4 жыл бұрын

    Wow so amazing I love it

  • @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi
    @Jackie_Tikki_Tavi6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. btw, if i want to learn to play the guitar part of the music, what should i search for? Is it folk?

  • @C-qc657
    @C-qc6574 жыл бұрын

    When the camera cuts to a different shot, that's when he applies the super glue

  • @princess_630
    @princess_6303 жыл бұрын

    Superb bro

  • @annstarbuck6710
    @annstarbuck67103 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @wildwitcheroffgrid
    @wildwitcheroffgrid2 жыл бұрын

    A person's gaze distinguishes everything earthly: a grass, a fierce beast and a stone with a slow thought. Mysterious, enigmatic, full of inexplicable power..." "- You said that every stone has a pulse, rhythm? - Yes, and he beats on one day - once. - All stones are like some two times? - The pulse has all the stones beyond the same way." Anastasia "Ringing Cedars of Russia"

  • @sheelkhirbat9857
    @sheelkhirbat98572 жыл бұрын

    You're a magician !

  • @beeeez5978
    @beeeez59786 жыл бұрын

    Crazy Glue!

  • @urbanshaman9569
    @urbanshaman95696 жыл бұрын

    Dear god , he's dreamy

  • @justinsane3909
    @justinsane39096 жыл бұрын

    Luke: "I don't believe it..." Yoda: "That is why you fail."

  • @Theodore_VII
    @Theodore_VII6 жыл бұрын

    This guy looks stoned out of his mind. But hey, jokes aside, this is INCREDIBLE. We're scrolling through videos on YT watching things like this, while they're out there doing things like that. Mad respect .

  • @tims6246
    @tims62465 ай бұрын

    amazingly accomplished , while the earth is moving in 4 directions at once and at multiple times the speed of sound

  • @xpdcmetalwolf
    @xpdcmetalwolf2 жыл бұрын

    ✓Awesome 👍👍 *Greeting from Indonesia ❤️🇮🇩❤️

  • @rsmzm2000
    @rsmzm20006 жыл бұрын

    I am a stone stacker... It's fun. Better by oneself. Mine are dry and larger. But this guy is really good.

  • @91750fast
    @91750fast6 жыл бұрын

    so sick

  • @priscilla9995
    @priscilla99956 жыл бұрын

    Wow!!

  • @rudyruiz9615
    @rudyruiz96156 жыл бұрын

    this kid could be the next Jenga champ!

  • @magi144
    @magi1443 жыл бұрын

    Had to try for myself 🙏

  • @Alex-ix4eo
    @Alex-ix4eo5 жыл бұрын

    Harry Potter is such a chill dude

  • @jurassic420
    @jurassic4206 жыл бұрын

    That environment is so fucking beautiful, where was this video filmed in?

  • @NatGeo

    @NatGeo

    6 жыл бұрын

    This was filmed in the French Pyrenees’ L’Arros river.

Келесі