Air Jaws

The good folks over at a little known magazine called National Geographic have posted some absolutely incredible leaping shark photos. If you love sharks as much as we do, you’ll love these high flying predators!

Photo by Chris Fallows, www.apexpredators.com

Check at the rest of the photos at NationalGeographic.com

Thanks Craig!

National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010

I’ve said before how much I love Boston’s Big Picture series, and I’m continually blown away by their content. This series is the National Geographic Photography Contest 2010, so prepare to have your mind blasted with mental imagery and emotion. There’s no way I could pick a winner in this series, they’re all winners. But you can rate them and pick your favorites.

National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 47 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (47 photos total)

Great Blue Heron with fish. The largest and most widespread heron in North America. When foraging, they stand silently along riverbanks, lake shores, or in wet meadows, waiting for prey to come by, which they then strike with their bills. (Photo and caption by Linh Dinh)

National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010 – The Big Picture – Boston.com.

Expedition Great White

I meant to post this on the weekend, but as usual I’m a day late and a buck short! National Geographic is at it again with some more incredible programming, this time in the form of great white sharks! Join exhibition leader and fisherman Chris Fischer and his crew as they hunt down great white sharks to catch and release in the name of science!

Great White facts:

* They are streamlined, torpedo-shaped swimmers with powerful tails that can propel them through the water at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour.
* Highly adapted predators, their mouths are lined with up to 300 serrated, triangular teeth arranged in several rows.
* They have an exceptional sense of smell to detect prey and have organs that can sense the tiny electromagnetic fields generated by animals.
* Main prey items include sea lions, seals, small toothed whales, and even sea turtles and carrion.
* The great white population is decreasing precipitously due to overfishing and accidental catching in gill nets, among other factors.

With new episodes airing Sunday nights, and repeats thought the week, you have several opportunities to catch this new show!

For details on Expedition Great White, check out NationalGegraphic.com

Behold, The Lionfish!

I’m sure you’ve all seen a lionfish before, but check out this amazing photo from National Geographic!

Click image to embiggen.

via digg

The National Geographic Channel

Heres another great site to add to our best places to watch fishing shows online, The National Geographic Channel! If you want to see some truly out of this world fishing look no further. These guys chase the biggest most unique fresh and saltwater fish you’ll ever see!

via National Geographic’s Hooked

Giant Fish Helped by Fishing!

You would think that fishing for rare and endangered species of fish would be a really bad idea, but in Thailand its a great idea! What started as one mans hobby as turned into a lucrative business. A lake stocked with rare and exotic fish offers visiting fishermen the change to catch rare species of fish without having to remove them from their natural habitat. Lake Monster is one of the few places in the world where anglers have a good chance of catching species such as the dog eating catfish without damaging wild populations. The one rule, every fish must be released.