Sleeping Shark · I
Maldives. Indian ocean.
I feel wonder and excitement for these curious and beautiful sharks. This analog photograph was taken from the boat revealing their unique, beige-brown skin in glittering light against the crystal clear, turquoise water surface of the Maldives, on one of its 1,200 islands and atolls. I felt their sandpaper rough skin against mine and muscled power, as they swirled around me.
In the Maldivian language Dhivehi, they are lovingly called ‘nidhan miyaru’, which translates ‘sleeping shark’. Oppose to other shark species, they can lay motionless on the sea floor due to ‘buccal pumping and appear to be sleeping on sand.
Maldives. Indian ocean.
I feel wonder and excitement for these curious and beautiful sharks. This analog photograph was taken from the boat revealing their unique, beige-brown skin in glittering light against the crystal clear, turquoise water surface of the Maldives, on one of its 1,200 islands and atolls. I felt their sandpaper rough skin against mine and muscled power, as they swirled around me.
In the Maldivian language Dhivehi, they are lovingly called ‘nidhan miyaru’, which translates ‘sleeping shark’. Oppose to other shark species, they can lay motionless on the sea floor due to ‘buccal pumping and appear to be sleeping on sand.
Maldives. Indian ocean.
I feel wonder and excitement for these curious and beautiful sharks. This analog photograph was taken from the boat revealing their unique, beige-brown skin in glittering light against the crystal clear, turquoise water surface of the Maldives, on one of its 1,200 islands and atolls. I felt their sandpaper rough skin against mine and muscled power, as they swirled around me.
In the Maldivian language Dhivehi, they are lovingly called ‘nidhan miyaru’, which translates ‘sleeping shark’. Oppose to other shark species, they can lay motionless on the sea floor due to ‘buccal pumping and appear to be sleeping on sand.