Su-35UB without canopy!?

hi,this pic for Su-35UB with out canopy:eek: ,how the pilot survive in this dangerous mission?:confused:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1189794&size=L

Rare photo of flight of Su-35 without canopy taken from aboard Yak-40 with the left door removed. This flight is a part of making the movie “The Mirrored Wars” at the South of Russia.