'Encountering wild sharks in their element is a rare privilege that I treat with equal parts respect, humility, and devotion'
Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: Light shines into the lagoon of Bassas da India, a remote atoll west of Madagascar, revealing a gathering of juvenile Galápagos sharks. As Peschak descended, the sharks followed him to the coral reef, waltzing in and out of the light.: A whale shark vacuums up a patch of plankton just below snorkeling tourists who come from all over the globe to the Maldives to observe in the wild the world’s largest fish.
A blacktip reef shark traverses a mangrove forest as the rising tide submerges low-hanging branches. For many shark species, the mangroves of Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles serve as both nursery and hunting ground. The island hosts one of the healthiest inshore shark populations in the Indian Ocean.After I made the switch from marine biologist to photographer, sharks were my first muses. I have now spent more than two decades documenting their complex and somewhat secretive lives.
A surfer tests a prototype electromagnetic shark-deterring surfboard alongside a blacktip shark at Aliwal Shoal near Durban, South Africa. Swimming in inches of warm water off Aldabra Atoll, blacktip reef sharks wait for the tide to refill the lagoon. With their bellies touching the sand, they point their snouts into the current to keep water flowing over their gills.Bold Galápagos sharks investigate Peschak’s camera as he explores coral reefs inside Bassas da India’s vast lagoon in the Mozambique Channel.The National Geographic Society has funded Thomas Peschak’s storytelling around biodiversity since 2017.
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