Coral Reef Shallows — Great Barrier Reef Nadir
222.77 $
A nadir aerial view of Great Barrier Reef coral formations in 3-metre-deep water — coral bommies casting precise shadows on white sand in a palette of turquoise and gold.
Description
Photographed from a drone at 15m altitude over the outer Great Barrier Reef at Ribbon Reef Number 10, this nadir photograph captures individual coral bommie formations in water of perfect clarity — the coral structures casting precisely defined shadows on the white sand floor and appearing in detail visible to the resolution limit of the camera sensor. The palette of the image — turquoise water, white sand, dark coral shadows, and the golden-brown of the coral polyp structure itself — is the defining visual vocabulary of tropical reef photography rendered at a scale that sits between the aerial and the underwater register. This photograph required a specific marine environment permit from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
