ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photos by Laurent Ballesta @laurentballesta | Gombessa, the coelacanth: Researchers said it had disappeared 65 million years ago. It was simply hiding at 400 feet deep. Did it know one day divers would come visit? The first one was Peter Timm. He found it in 2000, and Nelson Mandela created a marine park to protect this unique sanctuary. My team and I waited almost 10 years to travel there in 2009, 2010, and 2013. Thanks to the advice of Peter Timm, we found it. Never before had a diver photographed a coelacanth in its own universe. Peter died in 2014 during a deep-dive accident, just one year after our last visit. In this world where every second counts, meeting with gombessa was unlikely and will remain unforgettable. A limited face-to-face, but memories for eternity. #coelacanth #marinewildlife #underwaterphotography」6月7日 0時52分