A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as E/V Nautilus encounters the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0eyl7-XQA

#ocean #nature #science

A Burst of Deep Sea Fireworks: Halitrephes Jelly | Nautilus Live

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@wonderofscience Nature is metal, as they say.
@wonderofscience Delightfully fancy! But we need a banana for scale!
@wonderofscience it's so interesting how the same patterns in nature repeat themselves. I'm torn if this reminds me more of an eyeball or a sunflower.
@wonderofscience "Be not afraid" vibes on this creature.
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I could watch this all day.
Plus, I just got to hear my spouse say “is that polychromatic bioluminescence?” which I’m now going to figure out how to work into another conversation sometime this weekend.
He’s a political sociologist, so I know this probably isn’t a technical term. 🙂
Gorgeous
@wonderofscience spouse got interested, looked it up, and now thinks correct term is “polychromatic photoluminescence” because light came from an external source. Thoughts?
@wonderofscience this is absolutely beautiful
@wonderofscience looks like something from a sci-fi movie
@wonderofscience wow, just wow. Looks like a science fiction creature.

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But seriously, that is spectacular. Thans for posting this.

@wonderofscience Going to Mars is cool science but we are forgetting the beauty and richness of our world.

Thanks for sharing!

@wonderofscience That dam jellyfish makes me feel completely insignificant.
@wonderofscience This here is the reason I don’t swim in the ocean. I want a nice swimming pool where I can see what’s in the water. (But yes, it’s gorgeous.)
@wonderofscience - What an absolutely glorious thing!
@wonderofscience That particular clip makes it look like CGI more than anything else... Deep sea lighting is remarkably simple and modern CGI can easily reach realism that good... It fooled me or a minute.
@wonderofscience Clarification: I meant I got fooled into thinking this was CGI.
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Exactly my experience. I was pretty sure it was #CGI. The #colors, the #lighting, the apparently missing parts of #tentacles...
@wonderofscience Wow, initially I thought it was CGI.
@wonderofscience Is it a crab or jellyfish? So beautiful!
@wonderofscience I could watch that for hours. Thanks for sharing!
@wonderofscience I LOVE seeing the beauty of ocean life and learning about this spectacular underwater realm.
@wonderofscience The shrooms are kicking in.
@wonderofscience living art. Wonder how much more there is down there that we know nothing about?
@wonderofscience so let’s just say u got stung by this, how bad would it be? The more mesmerizing, the more pain?
@wonderofscience Someone is going make an expensive luxury dress with this design.
@wonderofscience I legit just thought this was a picture of fireworks at first! Magnificent!
@wonderofscience Incredible ❤️❤️❤️
@wonderofscience Oh wow!! So beautiful!!!!!!
@wonderofscience Wow! Underwater fireworks 🎆
@wonderofscience Holy cow, this is cool! It looks so alien!
@wonderofscience - amazing & wonderful - why is it everything is designed in a circular pattern on earth or under the sea?
@wonderofscience Skynards, as they come :0