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Watch People Surf on a River Thanks to Europe’s ‘Supertide’

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A rare “supertide” in Europe this weekend led to surges of water so high a French town briefly turned into an island. It also caused a “tidal bore” on Britain’s River Severn which created six-foot waves ripe for surfing.

Many Brits took advantage of this unique opportunity to surf down the River Severn, which is the longest in the United Kingdom. Those not equipped to go surfing simply gathered on the banks to observe the rare occurrence.

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The total solar eclipse seen from Svalbard, Norway on March 20, 2015. Olav Jon Nesvold—EPA
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The sun through clouds during the maximun solar eclipse seen from the Jolimont observatory in Toulouse, France on March 20, 2015.Alain Pitton—Demotix/Corbis
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A partial solar eclipse of the sun is visible in Rabat, Morocco on March 20, 2015. Abdelhak Senna—EPA
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A total solar eclipse occurs over Svalbard, Norway on March 20, 2015.Haakon Mosvold Larsen—NTB Scanpix/Reuters
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A dove is pictured in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse in Munich on March 20, 2015.Alexander Hassenstein—Getty Images
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A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds in Sofia, Bugaria on March 20, 2015.Stoyan Nenov—Reuters
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Partial Solar eclipse seen from Yorkshire, United Kingdom on March 20, 2015.Nigel Roddis—Rex USA
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The moon passes between the sun and the earth after the totality phase of a total solar eclipse as from Torshavn, the capital of the Faeroe Islands on March 20, 2015. Matt Dunham—AP

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