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I Captured Endangered Manta Rays To Show How Beautiful And Fragile The Underwater World Is (21 Pics)
My Name is Daniel Sasse, I'm an award-winning underwater photographer. I protect, defend and conserve the marine environment. With my pictures, I want to show people how beautiful but also how fragile the underwater world is all at the same time. It is so important to protect our oceans because every second breath you take is produced by oceans.
To take these pictures, I used a Sony NEX7 Camera in an underwater housing with 2 external strobes. These are the best pictures of a two-hour scuba dive I did at Hin Daeng, a dive site in the Andaman sea in Thailand.
The giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris) is an endangered species in the family Mobulidae and the largest type of ray in the world. It can grow to a disc size of up to 7 m (23 ft) with a weight of about 1,350 kg (2,980 lb) but the average size commonly observed is 4.5 m (15 ft). They are filter feeders and consume large quantities of zooplankton in the form of shrimp, krill, and planktonic crabs.
If you're interested in our marine life conservation work please have a look at our website.
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Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
Obviously a low flying UFO! The fish and bubbles are photoshopped in to make it look like seawater. ;-) Well, seriously, it must be a magnificent experience to see these giants up close. Let us hope we can help the oceans stay thriving with life.. in the future.
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Alex Forrest 7 years ago
Fantastic shots! Ever since I was little and saw a TV special showing divers riding on the wings of these sea angels, I've wanted to do that! Is there anywhere on earth where I could live out this dream?
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Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
How many of them did you encounter? Were they hard to find or do they stay in 'their' area? How deep do they go? Are they curious about you?
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LuB 6 years ago
Thank you for the exquisite pictures that show what a magnificent trip it appears to have been. As I said at the beginning of this impressive collection,, you have given me the that nudge to work my way up to be able to maybe see those unbelievable creature for myself. Not only are you a heart touching artist in an unforgiving medium with uncontrollable subjects but,you are an advocate artist. You are their voice. and have spoken in one of the most powerful ways possible. All their ways of being graceful even beautiful,with open mouths and all. You showed us that so we would not be afraid but in awe, as we should, despite my feeble attempts at humor. It is my hope that this art show is shown in many venues for both it's beauty and aide in our oceans cause.
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AzKhaleesi 7 years ago
Oooh, let's name the zones, the zones, the zones. Let's name the zones of the open sea: mesopolagic, bathyal, abyssalpelagic. All the rest are too deep for you and me to see. Oh, let's name the species, the species, the species. Let's name the species that live in the sea: There's porifera, coelenterata, hydrozoa, scyphozoa, anthozoa, ctenophora, bryozoas, three! Gastropoda, arthropoda, echinoderma, and some fish like you and me. Come on, sing with me. Oh...! Just the girls this time. Oh, seaweed is cool. Seaweed is fun. It makes it's food with the rays of the sun...
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Theresa Tzitzira 7 years ago
Awesome pictures, swimming with these majestic creatures must have been an even more extraordinary experience! Imagine if all this disappears from our world, if all this wildlife vanishes from our Home...what a sad Place to live it would be!
Marion Friedl 4 years ago
I fear the same things, which is why I sign petitions from WWF, Greenpeace and other organisations and post them on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and I try to make my ecologic footprint as small as possible myself, for example I never had a car in my life or took a plane or a cruise. As long as I was still able to ride my bike I used it to go shopping for food and so on, now I walk with my "Porsche for the poor" (walker).
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Auggie LaBonte 6 years ago
I accidentally happened upon a bunch of Mantas feeding while snorkeling in Maui, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Wish I had pictures like this but the experience will always be burned into my memory, thanks for the beautiful pictures.
Theresa Tzitzira 7 years ago
Awesome pictures, swimming with these majestic creatures must have been an even more extraordinary experience! Imagine if all this disappears from our world, if all this wildlife vanishes from our Home...what a sad Place to live it would be!
Marion Friedl 4 years ago
I fear the same things, which is why I sign petitions from WWF, Greenpeace and other organisations and post them on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and I try to make my ecologic footprint as small as possible myself, for example I never had a car in my life or took a plane or a cruise. As long as I was still able to ride my bike I used it to go shopping for food and so on, now I walk with my "Porsche for the poor" (walker).
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I accidentally happened upon a bunch of Mantas feeding while snorkeling in Maui, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Wish I had pictures like this but the experience will always be burned into my memory, thanks for the beautiful pictures.
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