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| Swim among jellyfish illuminated by spectacular shafts of light |
Jellyfish Lake is one of around 70 marine lakes scattered throughout a limestone archipelago in the Pacific pockmarked with sink-holes and porous with caves and tunnels cut by flowing fresh water during past ice ages, Ongeim’l Tketau can only be accessed by traversing a ridge that separates the lake from the surrounding lagoon. Rope guides highlight the path and provide added stability on a rocky jungle terrain rich in lizards, snakes and birds. Climb onto a mossy wooden dock to look out onto waters filled with 1o-million golden jellyfish that follow the path of the sun as it crosses the lake.
Sunlight is an essential element in the lives of the golden jellyfish, which derive their colour and much of their energy from intracellular algae. as the rises, the jellyfish begin their migration in the western basin, where they overnight to reach the furthest illuminated edges of the eastern basin by mid-morning. They then reverse their course to return to the western basin by mid-aafternoonto complete 1 km (0.6 mile) trip that keeps them in the sun and away from the predatory anemone in the dark edges of the lake. Thousands of visitors arrive Ongeim'l Tketau to swim among the jellyfish, sponges, sea squirts, mussels, anemones, and algae spectacularly illuminated by the beams of sunlight. Contrary to popular belief, the jellyfish aren't “stingless” but their stinging cells (nematocysts) are so tiny that the sting is almost impossible to detect. Avoid touching the jellyfish, as this can damage them.
Sunlight is an essential element in the lives of the golden jellyfish, which derive their colour and much of their energy from intracellular algae. as the rises, the jellyfish begin their migration in the western basin, where they overnight to reach the furthest illuminated edges of the eastern basin by mid-morning. They then reverse their course to return to the western basin by mid-aafternoonto complete 1 km (0.6 mile) trip that keeps them in the sun and away from the predatory anemone in the dark edges of the lake. Thousands of visitors arrive Ongeim'l Tketau to swim among the jellyfish, sponges, sea squirts, mussels, anemones, and algae spectacularly illuminated by the beams of sunlight. Contrary to popular belief, the jellyfish aren't “stingless” but their stinging cells (nematocysts) are so tiny that the sting is almost impossible to detect. Avoid touching the jellyfish, as this can damage them.
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