Diving in the waters of the Pacific North West allows for encounters with some pretty unique ocean dwelling creatures. One of the most photogenic and fun are jellyfish.
Jellyfish are probably some of the most unusual and mysterious creatures that you'll ever encounter. With their gelatinous bodies and dangling tentacles, they look more like something from a horror movie than a real animal. But if you can get past the weirdness you'll discover that jellyfish are pretty fascinating. They've been around for more than 650 million years, and there are thousands of different species, with more species discovered all of the time.
Along the coastal regions of the eastern Pacific Fried-egg jellies (Phacellophora camtschatica) float along in open water both collecting food for themselves and often being a refuge for smaller animals like fish and crabs.
Like a large bird egg cracked and poured into the water, that three-foot, translucent bell is yolk-yellow at the center, with hundreds of tentacles clustered around the margin. The fried-egg jelly is one of the larger species of jellies commonly found along the coast. This massive jelly usually drifts motionless or moves with gentle pulsing. Acting like an underwater spider web with a mild sting, an egg-yolk jelly captures other jellies that swim into its mass of tentacles.
Fried egg jellies have dozens of tentacles but a very weak sting are relatively harmless to humans.
Diving and photographing these amazing animals will leave you in awe, but will probably give you some cravings for a good breakfast once your finished you dive.
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You managed to capture so amazing, but yet for me a very scary creature. You were brave enough to go and swim with them. Really impressed by your photos!
Good post. Upvoted.
U can do same.
I love SCUBA diving, but I never get a chance to go. It is such an amazing experience! Thanks for sharing!
Actually the creature has long been created god and they are placed somewhere. Slowly introduced to humans, so many argue the animal was first discovered in various years. If at once displayed then the human brain can not accept it.
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Great post!! :D
I'm left in awe, your pictures are stunning and beautiful. You're a great photographer and I never knew there was a jellyfish breed known as the fried-egg jellyfish. Really nice post... Cheers
Wow, nice photos, I don't really like jellyfish but they look awesome.
Wow, these are stunning images; almost surreal. You are very talented. Incredible how they resemble eggs. To answer your question, I like my eggs fried :)
good photos @scottdphoto
Jellyfish are a very peculiar animal, their body is more or less 90% water, crazy and before believed to not have anus.
They are very strange and interesting animals. And look a little disgusting.
I am thinking eggs can be amazing after reading this post !
wow :) breathtaking photos :) amazing man
Beautiful photographs! Two questions:
Where does the green light come from?
and..
Where are are the bacon jelly fish?
This is an amazing set of underwater images. I am constantly fascinated by jellyfish and their unconventional ways.
Very unusual photos,I'm exciting it, good job, man!
Nice photo, thanks for sharing
so haunting. I love these. I read that some jelly fish are immortal
These are amazing photos. I love the details you capture in the tentacles and the fact that you compare them to eggs lol.