Chrysaora fuscescens

Posted 20 February 2012 by Matt Young

Photograph by James Draginda. Photography contest, Honorable Mention.

Chrysaora fuscescens -- Pacific sea nettle.

8 Comments

Just Bob · 20 February 2012

Wonder what the designer was smokin' when he came up with that!

Paul Burnett · 20 February 2012

Was that picture taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium?

JDraginda · 24 February 2012

It was taken at the Vancouver Aquarium, actually.

fnxtr · 25 February 2012

I thought that lighting looked familiar. :-) I managed to get a short video of them, there. Now to add some music...

Dave Luckett · 25 February 2012

fnxtr said: I thought that lighting looked familiar. :-) I managed to get a short video of them, there. Now to add some music...

May I recommend Sant-Saen's "The Aquarium", from "The Carnival of the Animals".

Paul Burnett · 26 February 2012

JDraginda said: It was taken at the Vancouver Aquarium, actually.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium uses the same dark blue background...I'll have to look for some pictures.

cronk · 26 February 2012

I know this is a bit odd, but when I glanced at this photo from a distance I thought it was a photo of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/pictures/110127-challenger-disaster-space-shuttle-25th-anniversary-myths-science-nasa/

Paul Burnett · 27 February 2012

Paul Burnett said:
JDraginda said: It was taken at the Vancouver Aquarium, actually.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium uses the same dark blue background...I'll have to look for some pictures.

Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDTFdRBSJhI;list=UUoBBtlK1R3vd9rBrkt1YbHg;index=8;feature=plcp