Fiji expedition 2014
It is hard to tell about all that beauty that waited for me on this trip and the wonderful moments I could spend with the manta rays. I decided to rather show you some of these amazing moments, instead of talking about them. So, enjoy my photo diary:-)
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On the way to the manta rays,
beautiful Yasawa islands
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The boat is waiting for us to
visit the mantas
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Courtship dance of beautiful black mantas on the first day
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Sunset abseiling is always an
option if manta rays are not around
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The Manta Memories
distribution center is set up, waiting for the first guests to support the
manta ray fishing villages by their purchase
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Perfect spot to relax after a
hard day
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Not only manta rays visit the
neighbouring reefs
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Testing a drone to detect
manta rays more efficiently
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Our drone is returning from a
successful mission
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The snorkeling guests from
several resorts enjoy the last minutes of sunlight with the mantas
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Waiting for the mantas to
show up
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The end of a successful day
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We are out on the boat in
search for mantas when the sun is coming up over the calm ocean
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Searching for mantas in any
way possible
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Always happy to see pregnant
mantas
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Very intense courtship behavior, male mantas following a
female
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Documenting manta ray coloration and behavior
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Feeding manta rays
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| Often we saw more snorkelers then mantas |
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| Waiting for the manta rays at sunrise |
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| We built a manta ray lookout |
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| Three black morphs passing by a cleaning station in the current |
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This is me, being very happy with the productive time in Fiji. I feel that
every second I can spend with the mantas offers a miracle. You never know what
the next moment will bring when you swim with them and how they surprise you. I
feel I got a bit closer to the secret life of manta rays again.
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