Mexico, 2022

Every year millions of Mobula rays converge in the Gulf of California to carry out the oldest known ritual of all: mating. One by one they follow each other slowly creating a massive vortex. Every so often the rays will breach the surface of the water, either as an escape from the chaotic vortex or as a mating display, we do not know. So much of this ritual remains a mystery to us, yet the beauty of the congregation is hard to ignore. There is not much we as bystanders can do other than drift on the outside of the swirling dance and watch in disbelief as the next generation of mobulas are conceived.