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[edit] Glaucus atlanticus

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Reason
This is is a striking composition of two Delft blue otherworldly sea creatures, expertly photogaphed. The work appears to have been photoshopped to highten the background contrast; otherwise, based on other photos available on the Web, the colours appear to be true. Featuring this image will draw attention to the marvellous variety of sea life.
Proposed caption
Glaucus atlanticus. This is a nudibranch, or sea slug, of the family Glaucidae, the only member of the genus Glaucus. It typically grows to 4 cm in length. The slug is distributed throughout the world's oceans in temperate and tropical waters. G. atlanticus preys on the Portuguese Man o' War and other surface-dwelling sea animals. Occasionally Glaucus will feed on others of its kind.
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Glaucus atlanticus
Creator
Taro Taylor
  • Support as nominator Verne Equinox 04:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
    • By coincidence, this morning I noticed a very similar looking image of Glaucus atlanticus in the latest issue of National Geographic; it was photographed in Hawaii.Verne Equinox 13:38, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Very striking. Nice find, VE. SingCal 13:07, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support a high quality image. very encyclopedic. --Malachirality 16:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. Very clean, illustrates the subject well. -- Coneslayer 17:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support per above.I tried to add some links to the caption.--HereToHelp 02:00, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support especially if the shadows are authentic, not synthetic. They look that way to me, but it'd be nice to have that confirmed. de Bivort 02:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Whoa! Extraordinary animal photograph. What a weird critter. Spikebrennan 13:50, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Wow. High value, high quality. --Aqwis 14:19, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. Impressive. NauticaShades 16:07, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Glaucus atlanticus 1.jpg MER-C 06:58, 31 October 2007 (UTC)