Here’s another great Jellyfish from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. A Great Place to Visit… (Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/40 sec at f/4, ISO 320 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
Crystal Jellyfish
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) These jellyfish are small and transparent. This makes it much harder for predators to see them swimming by. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 320 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
Leafy Sea Dragons and Shadows
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) The light illuminating the tank casts interesting shadows from these Leafy Sea Dragons at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I previously posted another photo of this great sea creature with more information about it. To see that photo and read more about the Leafy Sea … Read More
Leafy Sea Dragon
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) The leafy Sea Dragon at the Monterey Bay Aquarium looks like a drifting clump of seaweed. It is found along the southern and western coasts of Australia. These seahorse cousins disguise themselves as seaweed with dozens of leaflike fins. The fins are not used for … Read More
Egg-Yolk Jellyfish
This very strange looking jellyfish was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The Egg-Yolk Jellyfish is a fairly large jellyfish with a bell that grows to 2 feet in diameter. It has a weak sting and feeds mostly on smaller jellyfish. (Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) Photo taken with a Canon … Read More