RARE PHOTOS: Underwater photography raw oceanlife | Rare Historical Photos
The ocean is full of creatures that can look beautiful, mysterious, intimidating, and almost alien at the same time. From colorful close-ups of tiny marine animals to wide underwater shots of sharks, whales, and jellyfish, every image feels like a small glimpse into a world most of us rarely get to see up close. That is exactly the kind of underwater beauty shared by the ‘RAW Oceanlife,' one of the RAW Kingdom Community pages dedicated to highlighting striking images in all categories from photographers across the world.
After recently featuring photos from the RAW Cats page, we are now turning our attention from majestic felines to the deep blue sea. The photos shared by 'RAW Oceanlife' capture marine life in all its variety, showing everything from dramatic encounters and elegant ocean giants to tiny creatures that look like they belong in a fantasy movie.
Scroll down to explore the underwater world, and don’t forget to upvote the images that impressed you the most.
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This little one is a Bargibants pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti)) "After a pair of pygmy sea horses mate, the female inserts the fertilized eggs into the male’s body, and the males, not the females, carry the embryos. Male pregnancy occurs in all sea horses, but pygmy sea horses take it to the extreme. A typical male sea horse carries its eggs in a kangaroolike pouch on its tail. In male pygmy sea horses, the brood pouch is more like a uterus, growing deep inside his body cavity near his kidneys and intestines. The male nurtures his young with a special organ in the pouch that functions like a mammalian placenta. Once the baby sea horses hatch, they exit their father’s body through a tiny slit and swim away." From an article in New York Times.
I don't know why I get such a kick out of nudibranchs. I guess it's because they come in so many colours and shapes.
I think I upvoted all of them but would have liked to know what they are. Maybe the photographers/posters didn't know, either.
I think I upvoted all of them but would have liked to know what they are. Maybe the photographers/posters didn't know, either.
