Rarely seen glass octopus captured on camera

[Still Waters]

Over the last month, a team of researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute has been exploring the depths of the Pacific Ocean, close to the remote and mostly uninhabited Phoenix Islands, east of Kiribati. The Institute's ocean adventures routinely uncover some of the great wonders of the deep ocean, like coral reefs as tall as the Empire State Building and this 34-day expedition was no different. 

During the expedition, which recently returned to shore, Schmidt researchers got real lucky. They made two sightings of a rarely seen cephalopod: the glass octopus, Vitreledonella richardi. The transparent marvel has been known to science since 1918, but it is difficult to study because it lives in the depths of the open ocean. Previous studies of the creature have been limited to analyzing specimens retrieved from the guts of predators.

https://www.cnet.com/news/gaze-upon-the-ghostly-glass-octopus-a-transparent-rarity-recently-spotted-in-the-deep/

 

[quiXilver]

Absolutely incredible creatures, Octopi.  And this one, utterly transparent and light emitting.  Never seen anything like it.

Why look for aliens in space I say...  When there are these incredibly alien beings in our own swimming pool.

Thanks for sharing mate.  This one is pure gold, er, glass I guess.