Volcanic Pumice and Humpback Whale

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Underwater
• Photographer
  Keisuke Inukai
• Technical Info
  Nikon D850 × Af-s Fisheye Nikkor 8-15mm F/3.5-4.5e Ed × Nauticam
• Photo Date
  Feb.2022 Okinawa prefecture Japan

In 2021, pumice was generated by the eruption of submarine volcanoes in the Ogasawara Islands. A large amount of pumice floating on the surface of the ocean had a serious impact on Japan's marine ecosystem. I succeeded in photographing a humpback whale parent and child swimming in the pumice stone. I want to express the threat of nature and the precious life that lives there. The location is Japan, Okinawa, off the coast of Naha.