In 2008, Sandra Critelli shot this excellent photo of Golden Rays off the Mexican coast:
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.
Golden Rays grow up to seven feet across and migrate within the Caribbean.
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here on the gulf coast of florida we get to see some rays, but nothing this big !!
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It almost looks like a live MC Escher print.
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Close to being the neatest iv'e seen here so far.
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I wonder how different animals would be if the Earth's rotation wasn't on a tilt and we didn't have seasons. There would be far less migrating animals that's for sure.
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What a beautiful photograph!
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Wow, I had no idea they traveled together like that!
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Awesome photo and moment! I wish I could have been scuba diving under there at the time... I love their underside that looks like they're smiling.
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What a beautiful!
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Beautiful
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Oh, that is beautiful. I love rays. My only complaint is that it's not landscape format, so I can't use it as a wallpaper.
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BOSS PHOTO!!!!
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