This photo provides an up-close view of the ocean's natural habitat as the sharks capture their prey. Underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta has spent four years returning to the Fakarava Atoll where sharks and grouper swarms face off in a battle for survival. Ballesta and his team have dived day and night—about 3,000 diver hours in all—into the 115-foot-deep channel to document and understand this amazing, mysterious spectacle. (Photo/IC)
This photo provides an up-close view of the ocean's natural habitat as the sharks capture their prey. Underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta has spent four years returning to the Fakarava Atoll where sharks and grouper swarms face off in a battle for survival. Ballesta and his team have dived day and night—about 3,000 diver hours in all—into the 115-foot-deep channel to document and understand this amazing, mysterious spectacle. (Photo/IC)
This photo provides an up-close view of the ocean's natural habitat as the sharks capture their prey. Underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta has spent four years returning to the Fakarava Atoll where sharks and grouper swarms face off in a battle for survival. Ballesta and his team have dived day and night—about 3,000 diver hours in all—into the 115-foot-deep channel to document and understand this amazing, mysterious spectacle. (Photo/IC)