Pic o’ the Day: Pelagic Octopus
05 Jul 2008 12 Comments
in Allegory, Cthulhu, Squid, Weird, Wildlife, animals, beauty, fish, horror
Who needs mood lighting when you’ve got one of these? Would go beautifully with the new carpet! I bet that fashionable couple the Nyarlathoteps have one already!
Pelagic Octopus, the tiki torches of the deep!
From Chris Newbert’s gorgeous Gallery of Translucent Creatures at National Geographic.
Jul 05, 2008 @ 03:04:39
That is a great photograph!
Jul 05, 2008 @ 03:54:39
The whole series is pretty fracking awesome, in fact. But I liked this one the best, because it looks like some weird fibreoptic decoration AND yet also disconcertingly intelligent.
Jul 05, 2008 @ 14:07:00
Thats remarkable. Could you imagine being the person who was close enough to take this picture?
Jul 06, 2008 @ 00:45:28
I think it was taken by a robot camera. The pressure down there is too much for any submarine.
Jul 06, 2008 @ 08:16:00
I think it’s a hat.
Jul 06, 2008 @ 12:15:27
Robot or no robot, that is a seriously impressive photograph.
What an odd octopus. Shades of Metroid, actually.
Jul 06, 2008 @ 20:18:45
Bunk, of COURSE it’s a hat!
Bobby…Metroid?
Jul 06, 2008 @ 21:42:48
This fella: http://www.wiiwii.tv/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/a-metroid.jpg
Actually, browsing the gallery, they’re all great photos. This is still the weirdest, though.
Jul 06, 2008 @ 21:43:20
the octupus is the coolest creature on the planet.
However i will take a submarine to meet this deep sea one.
‘cuase this guys down there too:
http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04deepscope/background/deeplight/media/fig3b_600.jpg
(the angler fish) :(
Jul 06, 2008 @ 21:44:59
Anglerfish are creeeeeeepy. Someone should do a horror movie about anglerfish.
Metroids are cool. Are we entirely sure there are none down there, though?
Jul 07, 2008 @ 03:49:55
But it’s not just a regular hat. Looks like a Vancouver hat to me, and I think that I might be the coolest creature on the planet… wait. New lil’ possum just spilled the catfood bowl. He might be cooler.
Jul 07, 2008 @ 06:00:48
Not unless he glows in the dark.