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BARRACUDA-EYE VIEW OF UNDERWATER 

 PHOTOGRAPHER. Underwater photography 

 techniques experimented with at Bikini were not 

 particularly hazardous, although voracious barra- 

 cuda, sharks, and eels occasionally turned up to see 

 what was going on. Fortunately these fish will avoid 



a man who moves about underwater, especially if 

 there is a column of air bubbles escaping from hel- 

 met or face mask. Some sharks 12 feet long were 

 seen, but they kept their distance. Smaller fish, less 

 reticent, ventured closer, formed a colorful array 

 of onlookers as the photographic work proceeded. 



