Stingrays doing their biannual migration

[Jan]

Stingrays doing their biannual migration off the coast of Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2010 by Jan

[bk_market]

wow amazing

[tygger]

wow, those pics almost look fake.

[truestelf]

that is so awesome its not even funny

[Coral Hind]

Cool pics Jan. I have seen this migration in person and it is awesome. We actually had to stop fishing for about an hour until they left.

[flowerseller]

Remember

song?

[Coral Hind]

Nice video and a perfect match of a song.

 

I wonder how the oil spill will affect their next migration.

[Origami]

Isn't that just awe-inspiring? David, you're very fortunate to have seen it in person. I know that it would make an indelible impression on me if I were to see it firsthand. Wow.

 

Thanks, Jan.

[Jan]

Magical!

 

Isn't that just awe-inspiring? David, you're very fortunate to have seen it in person. I know that it would make an indelible impression on me if I were to see it firsthand. Wow.

 

Thanks, Jan.

[Jan]

This is what was posted with the pics from a friend of one of my neighbors....

"Mass Migration of StingraysLooking like giant leaves floating in the sea, thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast off Mexico. The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of their biannual mass migrations to more agreeable waters.

 

Gliding silently beneath the waves, they turned vast areas of blue water to gold off the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. Sandra Critelli , an amateur photographer, stumbled across the phenomenon while looking for whale sharks.

She said: 'It was an unreal image, very difficult to describe. The surface of the water was covered by warm and different shades of gold and looked like a bed of autumn leaves gently moved by the wind.

'It's hard to say exactly how many there were, but in the range of a few thousand'

'We were surrounded by them without seeing the edge of the school and we could see many under the water surface too. I feel very fortunate I was there in the right place at the right time to experience nature at its best' Measuring up to 7ft (2.1 meters) from wing-tip to wing-tip, Golden rays are also more prosaically known as cow nose rays.

They have long, pointed pectoral fins that separate into two lobes in front of their high-domed heads and give them a cow-like appearance. Despite having poisonous stingers, they are known to be shy and non-threatening when in large schools.

The population in the Gulf of Mexico migrates, in schools of as many as 10,000, clockwise from western Florida to the Yucatan .

Don't forget to share this with others! Let your friends enjoy the beauty of nature, too!

Edited July 16, 2010 by Jan

[Deepwater]

Jan, Thoes are incredible pictures. I've never seen anything like that!!!

 

Thank you for posting them!!!

 

Mike

[HowardofNOVA]

Awesome!