17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The Underwater Waterfall
Off the south-western coast of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius lies a unique natural phenomenon: the underwater waterfall. A gap in the coral reef provides an avenue where white sand from the beaches is forced off the ocean shelf by the currents. The result is an illusionary waterfall.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2018 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2019 |
Photo Location: | Mauritius |
Camera: | ILCE-7RM2 |
Copyright: | © Daniel Burton |