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Description
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.
Credit
Image courtesy Edie Widder.
Display Date
2004 August 15
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Keywords
Ocean Exploration