Photo of the Day

Manta rays swimming underwater
September 10, 2009

Manta Rays, Hanifaru Bay, Maldives

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine

Graceful and efficient, 2,000-pound mantas feed on Indian Ocean krill as silversides swirl around them in Hanifaru Bay in the Maldives.


See more photographs from the July 2009 feature story "Feeding Frenzy."

Photograph by Thomas Peshak
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