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Photojournalist Brian Skerry spent an unimaginable amount of time on the seabed, when a few months sailed on fishing boats. He traveled to all and sundry - from snowmobile to helicopter and canoe. Skerry specializes in underwater photography and photo on the maritime theme. His latest project - the November edition of “National Geographic”- brought the photographer to the shores of Japan. Since the water temperature varies here from glacial to temperate and tropical, the diversity of living organisms, which found Skerry, just amazing.

1. Aptly named Sea Angel, a transparent creature is actually a snail whose foot mutate into a pair of “flying wings”. This is an important food source for whales and fish in the cold waters off the coast of Japan.

2. In coral, Suruga Bay two shrimp camouflaged among the polyps. Male (smaller) is the female along.

3. At 112 km southwest of Tokyo, moray strolls through the branches of coral in the cool waters of Suruga Bay. The depth of the bay is about 2 meters.

4. Hunting tasty plankton, coral fish swim near the Japanese islands Bonin.

5. This sand tiger shark off the coast of the islands Banin soon give birth. During the nine-month gestation period of the largest of the two cubs will eat the second - the act of cannibalism is unique to this species.

6. Off the coast of the peninsula Itsu bull looks out of rusty cans of soda.

7. Beneath the ice is a struggle studs - king crab crawling on sea star. Several years later, this crustacean to grow to the size of tractor wheels.

8. Wrasse cleans the scales of fish, butterflies, whose black-and-white pattern reminiscent of the pattern of Japanese kimonos.