Purple Striped Jellyfish (Chrysaora colorata) by Eyal Nahmias
A striking jellyfish (Chrysaora colorata) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA U.S.A
Habitat: Open Waters
Animal Type: Invertebrates
Diet: mainly zooplankton, including copepods, larval fish, ctenophores, salps, other jellies, fish eggs
Size: to 3 feet (1 m) in diameter
Range: limited range off the coast of California
Relatives: Pacific sea nettle, other jellyfishes, sea anemones, coral; Family: Pelagiidae
Nikon D700
18-70 f3.5-4.5 @22mm
1/80 f3.35
ISO 3200
Hand held
As of 8/2/2011 1707 views
Featured: Nikon D700 Group, September 2009*
Featured: The Male Photographer Group, September 2009*
featured: Underwater Creatures Group August 2011
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Featured: Colour & Light Group August 2011
Featured: Superbly Visual Group September 2011
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Comments
An umbrella under the sea! What a fabulous image, Eyal! Details and color are strikingly beautiful.
Wow. This is like Close Encounter of the undersea Kind…
Nice work dude… your stuff still never fails to blow me away!
Glorious, this is a magnificent image….you have shared a bit of magic with everyone here….what a sight. Have an inspiring weekend :)
So sharp with all that deep, brilliant color. Nice one.
This is Beautiful!!!
so beautiful but so deadly
1 Image per day 2011/08/02!
Fabulous!!