Gallery: A Photographer Puts You Face-to-Face With Sharks, by Swimming Uncaged
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Cage-free shark Photographer Michael Muller is taking over [Discovery Channel's Instagram](http://instagram.com/discoverychannel) for Shark Week 2014. He hopes to use the opportunity to raise awareness about the declining populations of sharks.
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"#BLUESTEEL"
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"It's all about LIGHT. Whether In the studio or 40ft below the surface, it all boils down to light. Can't tell you how fulfilling it is to light these babies up. Now just need to put the spotlight on shark finning and ending it or at least regulating it."
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"While I love shooting all these actors, this is what occupies my mind in between shots. Shooting in 103' heat helps make this moment come to Mind as well," Muller says on his Instagram feed.
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"I’ve been surrounded by 150 to 200 sharks, not once ever been been close to being bitten.”
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"100 million a year are killed people. New scientific study released that the number has climbed to over a 100 Mil. We gotta do what we can to put a stop to this or our oceans fragile Eco system is going to end up with just jellyfish."
