Join me under the Sea – the Strange and Beautiful in my Favorite Aquariums

I love aquariums and visit when I can to see the marvelous creatures under the sea.

Even the smallest fish are a joy to watch, these clown fish at my local Seattle Aquarium.

The octopus was also at the Seattle Aquarium and made an interesting study with reflections on the glass.

I loved the garden eels at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, swaying in the current and hiding in the sand when danger was near.

I also loved seeing the – new to me – upside down jellies! They are distinctive due to their unusual habit of resting upside-down, with their bell on the sea floor with their arms extending upwards.

Speaking of jellies, my favorites are housed in Monterey on the California Coast, at my favorite aquarium. I can watch these beauties for hours!

The sea nettle is well equipped for capturing food, stinging prey to paralyze before using its arms to bring it to its mouth.

The purple striped jelly ebbs and flows with the current; its sting is painful to humans, though not fatal.

Crystal jellies flow in the current

as do moon jellies. These are what I picture when I think of jelly fish, white and translucent.

Unlike the bloody comb jelly, notable for its blood red stomach that makes it nearly invisible in the deep sea where it lives.

All are fascinating!

“Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.”

Psalms 104:25

~ Susanne