The Famed Lake Jellyfish Of Palau From National Geographic
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“I jumped in the water and felt like I was floating in a primordial universe, with countless brown hearts beating,” says National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala, who is leading an expedition to explore, survey, and document the diversity of marine life in the waters of Palau.
Why wasn’t Sala stung in the lake of jellyfish?
n September 2013, Palau’s current President Tommy Remengesau announced his intention to protect 80 percent of Palau’s waters as a National Marine Sanctuary. For the month of September 2014, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Enric Sala is leading key scientists and filmmakers to explore, survey, and document the diversity and abundance of the marine life that will be protected by the new offshore sanctuary. The team will also assess how well inshore marine protected areas have performed to date.
The famed lake jellyfish of Palau. (Enric Sala)
As incredible as it may sound, the greatest tourist attraction of Palau is a lake with a few million jellyfish. Tourists come from all over the world, mainly Asia, not only to see the jellyfish, but also to swim among them. One may wonder whether these people are crazy. But the answer is that these jellyfish don’t sting!
Our Pristine Seas expedition team arrived to the lake early in the morning, before the tourists did. We motored on our fast boat on a maze of marine channels amid limestone islands covered by lush tropical vegetation. The water ranged from turquoise to navy blue, and it was so clear we thought we were going to run aground on the reefs below. After arriving at the little dock on one of the islands, we hiked up and down a hill, and there it was, a completely enclosed lake, surrounded by hills covered by a thick canopy. I jumped in the water and felt like I was floating in a primordial universe,
with countless brown hearts beating. I have visited some of the most remote places in the ocean, full of sharks and huge fish schools; but these little animals, virtually water inside a living bag, made me feel closer to nature than anything else.
Palau is doing it right. Only one jellyfish lake is open to the public, who pay an entrance fee. Rangers control access to the lake and enforce the regulations. And the entire archipelago around the lake is untouched.
No houses, no hotels, no human signs. This is why people fly here; to find undisturbed nature they miss in their normal lives.
Read All Pristine Seas: Palau Blog Posts
The Pristine Seas expedition to Palau is sponsored by Blancpain and Davidoff Cool Water.
FYI:
All of the above was copied from the article, Just wanted to mention, that I wasn't there, being part of all of that, would have been weird to feel the tickling touch of all those jellyfish as they passed by. The "I"
is in reference to the writer.
jlou
“I jumped in the water and felt like I was floating in a primordial universe, with countless brown hearts beating,” says National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala, who is leading an expedition to explore, survey, and document the diversity of marine life in the waters of Palau.
Why wasn’t Sala stung in the lake of jellyfish?
n September 2013, Palau’s current President Tommy Remengesau announced his intention to protect 80 percent of Palau’s waters as a National Marine Sanctuary. For the month of September 2014, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Enric Sala is leading key scientists and filmmakers to explore, survey, and document the diversity and abundance of the marine life that will be protected by the new offshore sanctuary. The team will also assess how well inshore marine protected areas have performed to date.
The famed lake jellyfish of Palau. (Enric Sala)
As incredible as it may sound, the greatest tourist attraction of Palau is a lake with a few million jellyfish. Tourists come from all over the world, mainly Asia, not only to see the jellyfish, but also to swim among them. One may wonder whether these people are crazy. But the answer is that these jellyfish don’t sting!
Our Pristine Seas expedition team arrived to the lake early in the morning, before the tourists did. We motored on our fast boat on a maze of marine channels amid limestone islands covered by lush tropical vegetation. The water ranged from turquoise to navy blue, and it was so clear we thought we were going to run aground on the reefs below. After arriving at the little dock on one of the islands, we hiked up and down a hill, and there it was, a completely enclosed lake, surrounded by hills covered by a thick canopy. I jumped in the water and felt like I was floating in a primordial universe,
with countless brown hearts beating. I have visited some of the most remote places in the ocean, full of sharks and huge fish schools; but these little animals, virtually water inside a living bag, made me feel closer to nature than anything else.
Palau is doing it right. Only one jellyfish lake is open to the public, who pay an entrance fee. Rangers control access to the lake and enforce the regulations. And the entire archipelago around the lake is untouched.
No houses, no hotels, no human signs. This is why people fly here; to find undisturbed nature they miss in their normal lives.
Read All Pristine Seas: Palau Blog Posts
The Pristine Seas expedition to Palau is sponsored by Blancpain and Davidoff Cool Water.
FYI:
All of the above was copied from the article, Just wanted to mention, that I wasn't there, being part of all of that, would have been weird to feel the tickling touch of all those jellyfish as they passed by. The "I"
is in reference to the writer.
jlou
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