A eerie video has captured the final moments of a diver's life before he tragically died in a popular diving spot after ignoring warnings not to proceed.
Russian-Israeli diver Yuri Lipski had been diving at the Blue Hole, in the Red Sea, Egypt on April 28, 2000 — but he never returned to the surface again.
It is believed his death took place almost 300-feet below the surface of the water — where experts say the intense pressure could have caused Lipski to experience nitrogen narcosis.
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The condition, which is caused by gasses under the water, can cause feelings of euphoria, confusion, hallucinations, and a loss of judgment.
But despite his untimely death, his helmet camera remained intact and was able to be retrieved, giving a harrowing insight into the final moments of his life.
The video shows the rocks at the bottom of the ocean as the divers breathing can be heard in the background.
It had been Lipski's goal to record a video of the Blue Hole arch, according to Tarek Omar, a technical diver, who he had met in Egypt prior to his dive.
Omar, who is known as 'The Elder Diver', warned him against taking the dive alone and untrained
"I said ‘OK, so you’ll need two weeks’ training with me first, and then we’ll film’,” Omar told The Guardian back in 2017.
However, because he only had a weekend in town, Lipski turned down his offer and went on the dive alone. His body was recovered the following morning.
It's been estimated that as many as 200 people have died at The Blue Hole, which is a submarine sinkhole popular with scuba divers.
"Recovering bodies is a case-by-case thing; I do it pro bono," Omar told Scene Arabia.
"It is a very critical and difficult thing to do – it requires more than just being a technical diver, it takes more than experience. It is very hard because you dive deep and you stay down to locate the remains."
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