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Photographing Blue Sharks!
| Author |
Sophia van Coller |
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1 February 2010 07:59:44 PM |
| Introduction |
Mark got the chance to spend the day, 20 nautical miles off Cape Point, coming eye to eye with one of the most beautiful sharks in the ocean, the Blue Shark. |
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| Getting up even before the crack of dawn for a 6am launch from Hout Bay, definately paid off when, after a three hour bumpy ride to a spot called The Canyon, Mark finally got to photograph a couple of Blue Sharks and a Mako. To see the Blue Shark face to face for the first time in his life, he was amazed at how the shark shimmered in the water, a true blue beauty. One can not imagine that anyone could put a hook through his mouth or slice off his fins for a watery broth called Sharkfin Soup... |
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| 1 February 2010 |
| Photographing Blue Sharks! |
Mark got the chance to spend the day, 20 nautical miles off Cape Point, coming eye to eye with one of the most beautiful sharks in the ocean, the Blue Shark....
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