An unknown species of jellyfish

Bild: NOAA, [1]

A jellyfish seen during today's Alvin dive No. 3789 in a lava field of unknown age. With just a passing glance at the creature, we could not positively identify it. It is a reminder that at one time, scientists believed that no life existed in the deep sea, simply because light did not exist there. Today we know that many forms of live exist in the deep sea.

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• Source: de.wikipedia.org
• Image contributor(s): Denis Barthel
  • 2004-07-08T20:17:10Z UTC Denis Barthel 600x458 (84773 bytes) PD von http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ (Information presented on this World Wide Web site is considered public information and may be distributed freely.)

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