A Burst of Deep Sea Fireworks - Halitrephes Jelly
The frilled tentacles of the Halitrephes maasi jelly came into view at 1225m in the Revillagigedo Archipelago off Baja California, Mexico. Radial canals that move nutrients through the jelly's bell form a starburst pattern that reflects the lights of ROV Hercules with bright splashes of yellow and pink--but without our lights this gelatinous beauty drifts unseen in the dark.
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2. Natan_el_Tigre commented 6 years ago
Made me think of: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/
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4. thefox commented 6 years ago
#3 No need to imagine: https://openclipart.org/download/262196/Friendly-Alien.svg
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6. Judge-Jake commented 4 years ago
What's a section sampler? Hope it's a spiky thing on the end of a pole for taking chunks out of jelly fish for testing? You link it might be?
+7 1. Judge-Jake commented 6 years ago