The 15th Night of the Museums took place in Lausanne this weekend. This event involves all the museums of the city which open their doors from 2 PM to 2AM the night of Saturday. The Museum of Natural History hosts the largest preserved White Shark in the world – a 5.83 meter long Carcharodon carcharias caught in Sète, France (Mediterranean Sea), on 13th October 1956. Ten years after the last ‘Shark’ themed Night of the Museum in 2005 during which Michael introduced the world of Sharks to the public, the Save Our Seas Foundation created a special ‘Swimming with Sharks’ event around the famous White Shark exhibit. This animation allowed children (as well as children at heart adults) to immerse themselves with Sharks and Rays using a green screen.
Kids acting in front of the magic green screen. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Panorama of the White Shark exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Largest preserved White Shark in the world. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Swimming in the green screen. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Learning to coordinate one’s movements with the video. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Swimming with Sevengill Cowsharks in South African kelp forest. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
View of the White Shark exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Lausanne. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Swimming with White Sharks in South Africa. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
View of the White Shark exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Lausanne. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Catch the Manta!. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Nadia Bruyndonckx, Sarah Fowler and Thomas Peschak. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Nadia Bruyndonckx, Sarah Fowler, Thomas Peschak and Michael Scholl. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Nadia Bruyndonckx, Sarah Fowler, Thomas Peschak and Michael Scholl. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Sarah Fowler and Thomas Peschak inspecting the White Shark. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Get your masks on to swim with Sharks. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Swimming with a White Shark in South Africa. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Nadia is learning to dive with the help of Emilio and Romain. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
White Shark free-diving. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Night diving with Sharks. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Father and daughter coordination, and probably first dive. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Michael Scholl talks Sharks and Rays during the public presentation. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
The audience during Michael Scholl’s talk. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Touching the Great Hammerhead. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Learning to act in front of a green screen. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Constant stream of visitors of the Night of the Museums in Lausanne. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
Green screen and projection system setup. © Photo by Michael Scholl © Save Our Seas Foundation 2015
