Until now, even the most highly-skilled wildlife cameraman have been unable to capture a Great White shark leaping straight out of the water from a bird's-eye view.
A mission to get the "impossible shot" was documented in Discovery Channel's Shark Week series. We've pulled out the highlights.
To get the "impossible shot," Shark Week veteran Andy Casagrande and his team headed to Gansbaii, South Africa, known for its dense population of Great Whites.
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The objective: To get a never-before-seen view of a Great White leaping vertically out of the water in what is called a "Polaris Attack."
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The first overhead view of a Polaris breach was captured by the Shark Week film crew in 2001. But researchers have been chasing after one particular angle for more than a decade.
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