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Barrel Jellyfish, Summer Isles, Scottish Highlands, UK
Andrea Collins

Barrel Jellyfish, Summer Isles, Scottish Highlands, UK (Rhizostoma pulmo)

After kayaking out to Priest Island I was just drifting around in the shallow lagoons amongst the Summer Isles when I spotted this Barrel Jellyfish. This one was a reasonable size with the bell being about two feet across though I have seen much larger ones. I just held my waterproof camera below the surface, pointed it in the general direction, and hoped the autofocus had enough light to work.
Habitat
Shallow seas
Location
Summer Isles, Scottish Highlands, UK
Date taken
04 07 2018
Scientific name
Rhizostoma pulmo
Equipment used
Canon G12
It sounds a big beast, Andrea. Glad it worked!
 
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Looks like the auto-focusing was working just fine ;)
 
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...... and it sure did, didn't it Andrea!!!!

Wow!!! What a wonderful picture this is - an amazing creature too. Very well done lass.

My sister spent several summer holidays on the Summer Isles, guess that would be back in the 70's and they just loved going there. I really must go myself some time too.
 

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