Whoa! Photo: SharkSmart/Twitter
There’s something visually stirring about seeing nature do what comes, well, naturally. If the success of masterfully done series like Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II are any indication, the simplicity of predator versus prey is absolutely captivating – especially the drama of an unpredictable escape. The following images aren’t quite on the level of the acclaimed BBC shows. Not even close, in fact. Still the images are pretty nuts. Schools of fish look like giant dark oceanic clouds. Clearings around each shark show fish trying to escape a grizzly fate.
The images were captured late last month by SharkSmart, an app and Twitter account launched by the government of New South Wales in 2015 to track the movement of sharks along the region’s beaches.
DPI aerial report: 6x 2.2m Common Blacktip at TYARAGAH, Byron at 08:27 am on 25 Apr 2018. Authorities Notified.Beach Evacuated. pic.twitter.com/R3no1tizvK
— SharkSmart (@NSWSharkSmart) April 24, 2018
DPI aerial report: 2.1m Common Blacktip at MOOBALL, Tweed at 10:23 am on 26 Apr 2018. pic.twitter.com/tyPxHDhjcw
— SharkSmart (@NSWSharkSmart) April 26, 2018
DPI aerial report: 2x 2.3m Common Blacktip at WOOYUNG, Tweed at 08:39 am on 26 Apr 2018. No https://t.co/H40WDMdPz4 Surfers. pic.twitter.com/IHWF3WHqfd
— SharkSmart (@NSWSharkSmart) April 25, 2018
DPI aerial report: 6x 2.2m Greynurse Shark at KENDALLS, Kiama at 08:44 am on 25 Jan 2018. pic.twitter.com/ZCAXFi7vMv
— SharkSmart (@NSWSharkSmart) January 24, 2018
