Swimming with elephants and sharks

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Some spectacular photos here
copyright Ali Bin Thalith

Ali Bin Thalith grew up by the coast in Dubai where both his father and grandfather were pearl divers. He spent much of his childhood either in the water or watching Jacques Cousteau films - since then he's become a photographer, specialising in underwater images.

Swimming with an elephant off the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean "was a terrifying moment," says Ali Bin Thalith, "but one one of my best experiences".

He got his first camera at the age of 18, but didn't think of combining photography with diving for another 10 years, when his brother suggested taking pictures of sand gazelles swimming near the island where he worked.

"I waited and waited, and then one day, very early, about 20 to 30 of them crossed between islands. It was a hard photo to take. They are good swimmers."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35300384

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