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A Giant Manta Ray (Manta birostris), about 10-12 feet across, swims towards me off the coast of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. A pair of videographers can be seen in the background with their bright video lights.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
This is a photo I took a long time ago. It had a lot of backscatter and was really dark, so I touched it up.
originally started as a random pair of wings, then turned into giving tempra a vehicle similar to toa ignika's... then turned into some kind of gold space stingray thing.
The Heist Maru helps move the Diamond Princess into position after arriving in port.
HEISEI MARU (IMO: 8824218) is a Tug operating in the South China Sea and is sailing under the flag of Japan. Her length overall (LOA) is 35 meters and her width is 8 meters. HEISEI MARU was built in 1990 by KANAGAWA SHIPBUILDING - KOBE, JAPAN.
A reef manta ray holds its "wings" high and flares the gills to allow cleaner wrasse to get to its gill rakers
...coming down to land
and Ailsa Craig & a collie too
& music if you like:
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Head On
Combination of 15 liter tank, nitrox and relaxed diving rules imposed by S.M.Y. Ondina helped me to enjoy one of the best 20 minutes underwater I ever had - everyone in the group surfaced after dive near manta cleaning station, I was only one remaining and enjoyed really close interaction with one black and one white mantas, swimming together with them just less then half meter apart - I was trying to get in front of manta for frontal shot, but it was not letting me, by increasing speed to match mine and to stay close. It was great fun. Typically if many people are underwater simultaneously mantas are really shy and don't want to play, and divers try to keep low profile not to scary off mantas. This time I had luxury to be in the water just by myself for extended period of time, and was allowed by these giants to swim together, not just to sit on the floor.
In addition to that it was fist time I saw black mantas - they are more difficult to photoghraph due to lack of contrast white belly provides, but nether less are very magnificent animals.
This is color version of the photo.
Colorful Manta Rays are featured between all the Foreward elevators on the Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas cruise ship on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
My neighbours are fairly avid fishermen and often fish right in front our home, in the little canal that is off the Tampa Bay. Ron, with the rod caught a manta ray.
We came across quite a few of those majestic fish! Always a thrill to see them so close. This one had a wingspan of about 4.5 meters.
Thanks for looking
Norbert