Underwater Photography News

After two decades of exploration, scientists have discovered the largest continuous coral system surrounding the Hawaiian Islands.  Aside from the popular reefs found on the shallow, they also discovered more incredible reefs in mesophotic zone.  Also known as “twilight zone” with depths of 30 to 150 meters (100 to 500 feet) and is almost totally dark, they did not expect to see a higher cover percentage. "What is unique about this study is how vast and dense the coral cover is" according to Richard Pyle, lead researcher from Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

A seasoned drone pilot, Jack Preston, flown his drone and captured an unexpected footage of orcas hunting for stingrays in the shallows of the coast of Mercury Island in New Zealand.  According to Preston”The orcas just came out of nowhere!”

This video has gone viral and I wonder what really happened on this event.  A spearfisher got more that what he bargained for when a huge whale shark snuck up behind him and gave him a scare while preparing to shoot a tuna.

As we can see on the video, the spearfisher screamed when a massive whale shark swam towards him and even bumping him. It was definitely a big surprise!