Willow on the Bank: 4/3/11

Monday, April 4, 2011

Golden Rays

In 2008, nature photographer shot a herd (?) 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. And are very cool.