Great White Shark photographed off Seal Island, South Africa

DEPENDING on your perspective, this photo of a great white shark is either one of the most powerful nature photos ever taken - or simply the stuff of nightmares.

CREDIT: INSTAGRAM/ab_roo Is this the best shark picture EVER? Teacher snaps extreme close-up of snarling great white on GoPro

DEPENDING on your perspective, this photo of a great white shark is either one of the most powerful nature photos ever taken - or simply the stuff of nightmares

Amanda Brewer, 26, of Gloucester County, was volunteering with animal conservation group White Shark Africa when she got up close and personal with the deep-sea beast.

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Her incredible shots were taken while the she was cage diving in Mossel Bay, off Seal Island in South Africa.

“I wasn’t even a little bit frightened,” she told TIME Lightbox. “When you’re there and you’re in their presence, it’s not scary. They’re beautiful and graceful, and you can see how intelligent they are.”

“I’d been waiting for this kind of experience my whole life,” she said, “and was worried that when it finally happened I’d ruin it, but that photo was taken from the cage and the shark was just coming straight at me.”

Brewers’ new GoPro caught the moment and her photo has since gone viral.