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Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Sting Ray Migration

Category: TGIF: Pictures & Movies
Posted on: June 13, 2008 4:14 AM, by CR McClain

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A Sting Ray migration off Key West.

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1

Holy smokes -- that is outstanding. What a shot!

Posted by: Eric | June 13, 2008 6:21 AM

2

Can you safely swim in that?

Posted by: Alex | June 13, 2008 7:14 AM

3

LOL. You could probably walk on that.
See what happens when sharks are depleted? Rays abound!

Posted by: Peter | June 13, 2008 7:53 AM

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Hi Craig - The photographer is Sandra Critelli and the location is Isla Holbox, Mexico (west of Cancun). The guy at Pixdaus took it from here http://www.pbase.com/worldphotos/image/83276656

Posted by: Leslie | June 13, 2008 8:31 AM

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That woudl be a sight I would not forget. Majestic.
Cow nosed ?

Posted by: eric | June 13, 2008 8:31 AM

6

I'm probably being a little too nit-picky, but those look like cownose rays to me. No matter...this is an absolutely amazing picture!

Posted by: Jason | June 13, 2008 8:46 AM

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NUKE IT FROM ORBIT! IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE!!!

Posted by: Andrew | June 13, 2008 2:49 PM

8

Aah, we saw this a couple of times when I was younger, though we were on shore and what we could see wasn't quite as impressive as that (they tended to come past in smallish bunches) - once in Tampa, when the friends we'd gone down with freaked and high-tailed it for the sand when something 'big' brushed up against a leg, and once in Sanibel/Captiva. The latter time, a family a bit down the beach had caught a small one for the children to have a look at (I believe they let it go afterwards), and on the way over, I caught sight of two dolphins porposing not far away. Missed getting a close-up look at the ray for watching those until they left, but it was worth it.

That was a good vacation.

Posted by: Shadow | June 14, 2008 5:35 AM

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amazing photo!!

Posted by: Dimitar Berov | June 15, 2008 6:21 AM

10

Wow.. I wish i wuz there. :D

Posted by: Coolio Person | February 10, 2009 6:34 PM

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