Eric Benacek Shark Image - Awesome

Who is Eric Benacek?

Just a regular Joe who happened to be at the right place at the right time to snap this amazing feeding event with some feisty Carcharhinus melanopterus in French Polynesia.

You have to click on this image to get the full effect of light, motion, and life.

Eric spends the rest of his time, when not shooting sharks, as an art student and you can see his work here.

TheLivingSea.com - Unique Images

Laz Ruda is one lucky photographer.

While on a recent dive trip off the coast of Florida he bumped into this critter on the bottom.

American alligators occasionally stray out into the ocean but unlike their salty cousins in Australia the ocean environment is unfortunately toxic to them.

Laz runs a terrific website called TheLivingSea.com where you can view more images and video of this rare encounter.

More media here.