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Transparent Jellyfish of Antarctica (PIC)

photography.nationalgeographic… — Glowing in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, this transparent jellyfish seems to inhabit another world. From the Arctapodema genus, the transparent jellyfish's grandeur is more remarkable given its inch-long (2.5-centimeter-long) size. Click to enlarge... (Photo: Bill Curtsinger)

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  • Gibletoid, on 05/09/2009, -5/+45Transparent?

    No.

    Translucent?

    Yes.
  • Shogun213, on 05/09/2009, -0/+20Flying spaghetti monster?
  • aizayke, on 05/09/2009, -2/+20I thought Jellyfish everywhere was transparent.
  • sternomastoid, on 05/09/2009, -0/+7Nice hat.
  • Splicernyc, on 05/09/2009, -0/+6A band names itself after the title in 3...2...1
  • Zhang5, on 05/09/2009, -0/+7I'm not sure if every single part of it is entirely opaque but here you go.
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/1743215841_0d5 ...
  • fandyllic, on 05/09/2009, -2/+8Very nice, but I hope people don't think that transparency is some kind of unique thing for jellyfish.
  • KalZakath, on 05/09/2009, -0/+4His cousin, swimming noodle monster.
  • PWNyExpress, on 05/09/2009, -0/+4Looks like a new Harmon/Kardon subwoofer.
  • amitforu78, on 05/09/2009, -3/+7Cool...
    A transparent jelly fish.
    Amazing
  • dent42, on 05/10/2009, -1/+4I kinda want to kill it with the hookshot.
  • thetzfreak, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2Amazing creature. Really.
  • Hpot17, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2i dont see what you did there
  • GraemeStanding, on 05/09/2009, -0/+1Cool story bro.
  • sternomastoid, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2I see the noodles. Where are the balls?
  • inactive, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2Transparent jellyfish is pretty redundant. Find me an opaque one.
  • urik88, on 05/09/2009, -1/+2How could one fail to see that it's a perfectly possible combination of chances that created this creature?
  • danthemanhan, on 05/10/2009, -0/+1underwater?
  • knirefnel, on 05/10/2009, -0/+1It looks like a... lightning storm in space... OH SHI-
  • asgardshill, on 05/09/2009, -0/+1Shopped - there's no little red farting fish inside it.
  • papashawn, on 05/09/2009, -2/+3our administration could learn a thing or two from this little guy.
  • cheerfulcynic, on 05/10/2009, -0/+1this has been a regular background on my laptop for evah - natgeo is the best place for pretty underwater pictures
  • yohannh, on 05/10/2009, -0/+0This would make a nice hat for Elizabeth II.
  • anshuman, on 05/09/2009, -1/+1Cant see it ....

    :P
  • djcgmcse, on 05/10/2009, -1/+1Is that Spok's ship from Star Trek?
  • Flippototti, on 05/09/2009, -0/+0Am I the only one who thought of Hermes when I read the title? "Great transparent jellyfish of Antarctica!"
  • modpancake, on 05/09/2009, -0/+1Backgrounded.
  • xWhalexCorex, on 05/09/2009, -3/+1Ummmm...aren't ALL jellyfish translucent?
  • kazsymonds, on 05/09/2009, -2/+1Kill it! Kill it with fire!!
  • oilcan, on 05/09/2009, -2/+0as opposed to those opaque jellyfish that live everywhere else?
  • inactive, on 05/09/2009, -6/+3What comes to my mind is that I am looking at a whole world in there...Such beauty and order - how could one fail to see not just "intelligent" design, but also loving design?
  • ivansusanin, on 05/09/2009, -8/+1boring

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