Comments on: TGIF: Wallpaper Alert

By: Annie @ Fishing

Annie @ Fishing — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:34:51 +0000

That is so awesome, that photo is really cool, and it doesn’t look very real at all. I had no idea that Jelly fish had such vibrant colors, I always thought that they were see through, and like a white color.

By: semih

semih — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:59:36 +0000

That is awesome! Nice photo!

By: Irradiatus

Irradiatus — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:07:53 +0000

Either way…still a feat of photography!
Simply gorgeous.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:28:28 +0000

The lighting is indeed surreal. I'm inclined to think the blue color may be a reflection of the ROV lights, but the red color is true. From the expedition website: "red color is common among mesopelagic jellies because it isn’t visible in the perpetually dark water, yet it masks any bioluminescence emitted by prey inside the pigmented predator’s gut."

By: Irradiatus

Irradiatus — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:52:07 +0000

Is that lighting real? Do they bioluminesce in blue and red with such clear delineation? That’s pretty rad if so.

I swear – everyday I come here I see something that makes me want to yell “CGI.”

Will the wonders never cease?

By: Jason R

Jason R — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:17 +0000

Cool. Dr. Kristof is speaking in Sarasota, FL on Monday, 3/2. Here’s hoping he brings some sneak peeks of this deep sea imagery.