Taking pictures underwater: it’s not easy! That is why an organization chooses the most beautiful underwater photos every year.
This year photographer Rafael Fernandez Caballero from Spain is the big winner. He took a special photo of whale sharks.
Whale sharks underwater
Rafael Fernandez Caballero/UPY2022
He took the photo in the ocean near the Maldives archipelago. He was diving there when he was suddenly surrounded by 11 whale sharks.
Other winners
There are 14 categories in the competition. For example ‘animal behaviour’, ‘black and white photos’ and photos of shipwrecks lying on the bottom of the sea. Below are a few more winners:
A fish eating another fish
Francisco Javier Murcia Requena/UPY2022
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