Friday 28 August 2009

Every One Knows How Colourful The Tropical Reefs Are,

but below are 4 of a set of pictures taken off the UK coast, from the North Sea, off Norfolk in fact, above a Long-Spined Sea Scorpions change colour to disguise themselves so they can ambush their prey,
a smiling Tompot Blenny,
an adult sea slug sits atop a ship wreck, it belongs to a group called Nudibranchs, Latin meaning exposed gills, one of the hall marks for this group is their striking colours, thought to be a defense by proclaiming they are poisonous to eat,
and last but not least, just half the size of your little finger, the Lightbulb Sea Squirt uses its glass-like clusters to filter seawater and extract plankton, I know I said four pictures, but below are five of my own, these are not in the North Sea, they were all taken in the Philippines in the late 80's, above is a sea squirt,
some tunicates,
and some more,
and a close up,
and a Crinoid, a ancient type of sea-lily, all of my pictures were taken using a Nikonos 5 and a set of Sea & Sea close up lenses, but there are no details of what was used in the shots from Norfolk, great fun!

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