This is what it looks like to fight against the ocean

[n2doc]

The underwater images captured by photographer Mark Tipple are so unlike anything you've ever seen, it's easy to mistake them for scenes from another world. They belong to a series known collectively as The Underwater Project, and they are beyond spellbinding.

Below the surface, churning waves turn to billowing clouds. To the swimmers recently flung from their surfboards, gravity seems to almost lose meaning. The force of the water is more keenly felt, and becomes a double-edged sword. On one hand, the resistance that it provides as the surfers kick and paddle can help them return to the surface; on the other, a series of unfortunately timed surges can easily prevent them from reaching air, crushing them into the sea floor with mass unfathomable.





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http://io9.com/this-is-what-it-looks-like-to-fight-against-the-ocean-453792981

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. now, those are some amazing nature shots! thanks for the link, n2doc!

[840high]

2. Wow - amazing.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Fantastic!

Wonderful photography.

[RiffRandell]

4. Those are really cool.

Thanks for posting!

[panader0]

5. That must be in California--sand bottom, no reef.

I surfed a lot in Hawaii and the bottom is sharp coral.
The ocean is magnificent.