Mesmerize Print Size:60" x 40" (152cm x 102cm) I swam into a school

I swam into a school of clearly agitated big-eye trevally

A charismatic green turtle swimming past my dome port on the edge of the reef near Lady Elliot Island on the Southern Great Barrier Reef

‘ is home to the friendly potato cod

protecting each other from predators

I approached slowly with minimal hand movement and slow breathing so as not to spook it

Mesmerize Print Size:60" x 40" (152cm x 102cm) I swam into a schoolA close encounter with a beautiful green turtle on the Great Barrier Reef. Green turtles are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species and listed as Endangered with populations decreasing.