The whalesharks of Cenderawasih Bay

A whale shark (Rhincodon typus), near the surface as the evening sun descends, sending shafts of light over the shark. Image taken in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia. The image was taken with a Nikon D700 in a SEACAM housing using a Nikkor16mm fisheye lens and 2 SEACAM S150D submersible strobe lights.

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A whale shark (Rhincodon typus), near the surface as the evening sun descends, sending shafts of light over the shark. Image taken in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia. The image was taken with a Nikon D700 in a SEACAM housing using a Nikkor16mm fisheye lens and 2 SEACAM S150D submersible strobe lights.