An outdoor expert has taken to the murky waters of Loch Ness to show just how deep and dark the home of Nessie really is.
Broadcaster Calum Maclean shared the clip after paddling out to the deepest part of the lock on his board to drop a GoPro on fishing wire into the water.
The social media star explains that the part of the loch he is floating above is about 240m (788 feet) deep before adding: "But what does that cold, dark water actually look like? Let's find out!"
For decades, it's been cited that part of the Loch's mystery is the murky waters, which cause low visibility due to the high peat content in the surrounding soil. Many experts believe that it's for this reason, along with the depth of the loch and its sheer size, that would allow such a large aquatic creature to remain undiscovered for all of these years – even by those desperate to find it.
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Calum states: "I'm going to put my 360 camera down into the water, inside a dive housing because of the pressure."
He adds that he's attached two fishing lines because he doesn't want to lose another camera. Calum, who shared the clip on TikTok and Twitter, then drops the camera into the water, with the clip spitting so we can see what the camera sees as well as Calum who remains on his board feeding the line.
Once it hits at only about 50m the water is completely dark and the camera can no longer see anything.
The ending shows a standing Calum 'pulled' from his board by something under the water, perhaps a clue can be seen at about 54 seconds on the clip, where eagle-eyed viewers might get a wee surprise in a blink and you'll miss it moment.
Calum, who is known for his humorous and educational videos on wild swimming and the Gaelic language, has also created educational videos on the loch's varying temperatures and of course, Nessie herself, who he reliably informs us, is named Niseag (Nee-she-ag) in Gaelic.
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