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Richard (qingran) MengWanna play? Please please please.
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Craig DietrichBaby Steps - Humpback whale and her baby calf swimming together in the Socorro Islands.
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Craig DietrichBronze Circle -- School of fish off Socorro Island.
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Mark ThomasManta & Ramora
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Jason SintekThe Hogfish is a common resident of the Socorro Islands. Often overlooked, it can be very photogenic.
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Craig Dietrich"Sun Ball Manta" Manta shot from Socorro. Got this shot on the last day of the trip. Shot with a Canon 7D,Tokina 10-17,and 2 YSD-1 strobes. Set the shot up and just waited hoping the Manta would go right were I needed!
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Lauren BergerA gentle giant Chevron Manta ray glides by, hoping to feel bubbles on it's gills, they love bubble baths from divers!
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Kris DaviesClose encounter with a giant pacific Manta Ray, taken at the Socorro Islands, Mexico.
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Alejandro TopeteMantarray and diver, Cabo Piers México
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Alejandro TopeteMantaray with the group, Roca O´neil, Isla Socorro México
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Alejandro TopeteGiant Mantaray,Isla Socorro México
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Conor Culver"Manta Cleaning Station" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of work. This image is playing off cleaning stations, placing the scene in a car wash. The Orange Clarion Angelfish clean the mantas in Socorro.
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Kris DaviesTwo pacific giant Manta Rays came in for an extreme close up!
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Dean GanzaThere was a wacation before Corona about 25 days in Mexico since 2020.
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Nick PolanszkyRocket Man
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Nick PolanszkyHammer Time
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Owen Palmer"Patterns from the Deep"
Oceanic Manta Ray
Socorro Island off Baja Mexico
Panasonic LX100