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Operation Deep Scope Expedition 2004. This Caranchid squid, aboutfour-inches across, uses transparency to hide from potential predators.Open-water divers can more easily observe these creatures with polarizingfilters. Compare the polarized and unpolarized images to one another.Image expl1551 is in polarized light. (Image credit: Image courtesy Edie Widder.)