Photographer Revisits Underwater Paradise | National Geographic

we’re going into a world that as long as

we’re going into a world that as long as humans have been on this planet they

humans have been on this planet they

humans have been on this planet they looked across the surface of those vast

looked across the surface of those vast

looked across the surface of those vast oceans and what went on below was out of

oceans and what went on below was out of

oceans and what went on below was out of sight and out of mind

I was in Kimba in 1996 and I remembered

I was in Kimba in 1996 and I remembered these blue glittering reefs

these blue glittering reefs

these blue glittering reefs I made some pictures for a story called

I made some pictures for a story called

I made some pictures for a story called the Carl Eden and I said I’ve always

the Carl Eden and I said I’ve always

the Carl Eden and I said I’ve always wanted to come back here the great

wanted to come back here the great

wanted to come back here the great island of New Britain like big banana

island of New Britain like big banana

island of New Britain like big banana cradles this little Bay and there’s a

cradles this little Bay and there’s a

cradles this little Bay and there’s a long Peninsula that sticks out of it

long Peninsula that sticks out of it

long Peninsula that sticks out of it it’s a place of seamounts rising up from

it’s a place of seamounts rising up from

it’s a place of seamounts rising up from great deeper water almost to the surface

great deeper water almost to the surface

great deeper water almost to the surface the sea mounts are full of Carl it’s

the sea mounts are full of Carl it’s

the sea mounts are full of Carl it’s like no other place throughout the great

like no other place throughout the great

like no other place throughout the great archipelago of Indonesia Bradford is the

archipelago of Indonesia Bradford is the

archipelago of Indonesia Bradford is the most spectacular dive yet as a sea mount

most spectacular dive yet as a sea mount

most spectacular dive yet as a sea mount called Bradford Shoals it rises up from

called Bradford Shoals it rises up from

called Bradford Shoals it rises up from the deep it is rounded steep shouldered

the deep it is rounded steep shouldered

the deep it is rounded steep shouldered and has an immense school of Chevron

and has an immense school of Chevron

and has an immense school of Chevron Barracuda which swim around in great

Barracuda which swim around in great

Barracuda which swim around in great circles almost making funnel shaped

circles almost making funnel shaped

circles almost making funnel shaped clouds round they go

clouds round they go

clouds round they go spooling upwards

when fish move in a circular pattern

when fish move in a circular pattern they create the rarest thing in the sea

they create the rarest thing in the sea

they create the rarest thing in the sea which is a geometric pattern a place

which is a geometric pattern a place

which is a geometric pattern a place that has no corners and no edges

that has no corners and no edges

that has no corners and no edges geometry and a place of weightless chaos

there’s another place called an Sophie

there’s another place called an Sophie there is a field of absolutely beautiful

there is a field of absolutely beautiful

there is a field of absolutely beautiful purple lace Carl and we worked there

purple lace Carl and we worked there

purple lace Carl and we worked there photograph

photograph

photograph picture half and a half out of the water

picture half and a half out of the water

picture half and a half out of the water one of the things I particularly like to

one of the things I particularly like to

one of the things I particularly like to do and as we were working father and son

do and as we were working father and son

do and as we were working father and son came up and dug out they were fishing

came up and dug out they were fishing

came up and dug out they were fishing there and fishing in front of us stayed

there and fishing in front of us stayed

there and fishing in front of us stayed there for a little bit and gave them one

there for a little bit and gave them one

there for a little bit and gave them one lunch later on it was one of those

lunch later on it was one of those

lunch later on it was one of those lovely days where everything worked out

I want to be able to tell a story I have

I want to be able to tell a story I have to be able to tell a story to peel back

to be able to tell a story to peel back

to be able to tell a story to peel back the layers of the ocean to try and

the layers of the ocean to try and

the layers of the ocean to try and explain how important a vital and at the

explain how important a vital and at the

explain how important a vital and at the very base line how intensely beautiful

very base line how intensely beautiful

very base line how intensely beautiful the oceans over