Hey, check this out! Stingray migration, Gulf of Mexico

11 02 2009

I’ve got this interesting article from my friend……The beauty of nature!

Mass Migration of Stingrays
Looking like giant leaves floating in the  sea, thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast  of 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 .


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