Tony Scott, The Moment every diver hopes for,a Manta Ray comes to check you out. (December theme: The Moment )

While diving in Raja Ampat, western Papua,my hope was to be able to see and photograph the majestic Manta Ray,I was not disappointed ,this massive approximately 6 meters across Manta showed up, she was very inquisitive and was happy getting closer and closer. I was very aware not to scare her off when using my strobe lights.

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