Translucent Ocean Creatures

Posted by Alex in Animal, Pictures on July 2, 2008 at 8:54 pm



Juvenile Cowfish. Photo: Chris Newbert/Minden Pictures

A photographer’s strobe gives a violet sheen to this translucent juvenile roundbelly cowfish off the coast of Kona, Hawaii. Also known as the transparent boxfish, the roundbelly cowfish has two short horns in front of its eyes.

This. Is. So. Very. Cool! Just the kind of things you expect from the good folks at NatGeo … here’s a very neat photo gallery of translucent sea creatures by Chris Newbert of Minden Pictures at the National Geographic’s website: Link – Thanks Zella!


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9 comments to "Translucent Ocean Creatures"

  1. su.wei
    July 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    that is the cutest thing ive seen in a while

  2. Ali S.
    July 2nd, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Love the hexagon shapes!

  3. otterly
    July 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    this looks like a real life Pokemon.

  4. duende2517
    July 2nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    those hexagons are unearthly

  5. Thomas
    July 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 am

    I saw some of the others on a Discovery Channel special, I think it was Blue Planet. The comb jellyfish is just spectacular when you watch it move. Coolest thing I've seen on TV in years.

  6. Larfin Jackarse
    July 3rd, 2008 at 5:44 am

    Can we eat it?

  7. Tim Giachetti
    July 3rd, 2008 at 6:18 am

    "I can has werld domination? k thnx bhye."

  8. MoniA
    July 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am

    hey, it looks like it has chicken wire inside it. Cool

  9. CheeseDuck
    July 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Augh. Alien. Alein. SHOOT IT


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