Two dozen Manta Rays feed shortly after dusk on plankton attracted by our underwater lights. The Mantas congregate on this Kona dive site nightly, even when divers are not present. Speculation is that the brilliant lights of the nearby airport runways on the Big Island provide plenty of reason for the nightly bloom of plankton.
Big Island, Hawaii - copyright 2008 Douglas M. Good
Manta Feeding Frenzy
Two dozen Manta Rays feed shortly after dusk on plankton attracted by our underwater lights. The Mantas congregate on this Kona dive site nightly, even when divers are not present. Speculation is that the brilliant lights of the nearby airport runways on the Big Island provide plenty of reason for the nightly bloom of plankton.
Big Island, Hawaii - copyright 2008 Douglas M. Good