39 unbelievable underwater pictures that will blow your mind
Wed, Jul 22, 2009
Post filled in: Feature Post, Great Pics, Oceanography
First of all, I don’t know for sure if any of these are shopped in any way; underwater photography is really really different and personally I don’t know anybody who could sort me out with this, so if you’re sure some of these are fake, please let me know (also, if you know anything about that huge medusa, it would be really great if you shared). If you know of other such photographs, do share them with others.
Photo Credits (some have more than one): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
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Andrei is no scientist, but from an early age, he has been fascinated by science; that's why he went to college, and signed up for Geophysics. Feeling that there's a huge gap between science and average people, he rallied TP, started ZME Science, and gave it a green twist too.
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July 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Thanks for the Love!
July 27th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Beautiful! I’ve seen a few of those before, but not most of them. The right whale near the bottom with a diver is from National Geographic, I think.
As the giant medusa, I think the perspective is off, but it’s probably a Nomura’s jellyfish. From Nat. Geographic: “Since last summer, Japanese waters have been inundated with the massive sea creatures, which can grow 6.5 feet (2 meters) wide and weigh up to 450 pounds (220 kilograms).” Wowza!
Thanks for gathering these!
July 27th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Those are amazing. God is creative and detailed in his creative work!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I liked the almost see through fish!
July 30th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
These are amazing! Excellent collection, thanks so much for putting all of them together.
August 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
That Nomura pic is a known fake circulating the webs, but otherwise the pics are cool.
August 5th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Justin…you disappoint me.
A famous Douglas Adams quote comes to mind…
August 14th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
it’s too bad we have put so much mercury in the oceans, that a lot of marine wildlife is in danger. :/
August 24th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Man, those see through animals are simply too beautiful. Marine wild life is amazing.
August 29th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Since you asked about the medusae, search for “Tioman giant jellyfish” in YouTube to see them float.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
These are excellent photographs and that is why I love the Ocean.
I am packing my bags and going for a dive now.
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Pic #12 looks rather like a macro of a strawberry to me…
(thought you’d like to know)