Holiday Zen: the sea’s glittering lights
A favorite sea phenomenon – bioluminescence, or the living lights of the ocean. Kick back and enjoy a moment of deep sea wonder in this holiday season: It never gets old […]
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Pic o’ the week – bathypelagic ctenophore
It looks like a molar tooth drenched in gold, or maybe a metallic mylar birthday balloon. But this is a bathypelagic ctenophore, photographed near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge of the Atlantic Ocean. The […]
Pic o’ the week – transparent sea cucumber, Gulf of Mexico
A transparent sea cucumber, photographed 1.7 miles down (2,750 meters) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Scientists found this transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at less […]
Pic o’ the week – bioluminescent jellyfish
Our ocean pic of the week – a planktonic jellyfish with bright green fluorescent tentacles. The red fluorescence in the middle of the jellyfish is from chlorophyll in a recent meal […]
