A photographer captures a stunning underwater photo of these birds
LIKE A HOST OF PILLAGING ANGELS, northern gannets plunge into the sea to feed on mackerel near the Scottish island of Noss, where 11,790 pairs of gannets nest during summer. Hoping for a novel image of the birds underwater, marine ecologist and photographer Richard Shucksmith found a rare calm day and headed out armed with fish and underwater gear. “It was phenomenal watching them dive, hearing them hit the water and being immersed in a sea of bubbles,” he says.
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