A series of stunning images has been released by National Geographic, from underwater photographer Brian Skerry.  The photos were picked up by The Mail Online in the UK and deserve sharing.  According to the Mail, the daring photographer, 50, regularly delves into the depths of the unknown coming face to face with southern right whales and notorious predators including the oceanic white-tip shark. Brian, from Boston, USA, began scuba diving when he was just 13-years-old and quickly fell in love with the ocean. He bought his first underwater camera two years later and has been exploring and photographing the world’s oceans ever since. He said: ‘I’m mostly an ocean explorer, I think there’s something mystical about the ocean and I’ve been drawn to it from a very early age.  ‘Underwater photography is extremely challenging, you can’t use a telescopic lens you need to get up close to your subjects, light is tricky and you are working in an alien environment.’ ‘But there’s something stunning about underwater photos, the ocean is like a giant kaleidoscope it’s always changing and you can capture some of that through pictures.’ Brian now spends his life traveling across the globe in search of the most beautiful sea life. He sometimes spends up to two to three months on location exploring and photographing the everything from Manatees in Florida to harp seals in the Arctic. He has recently written a book called Ocean Soul which documents his underwater experiences and discoveries over the last 35 years.
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