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Midnight hunter, from the Indian Ocean series, by Pavlos Evangelidis.

深海之眼

视觉纪实 | 摄影专题 只有在它们愿意的时候,你才能一睹其真容 Four sets of eyes in the dark, from the Indian Ocean series, by Pavlos Evangelidis. Image: Pavlos Evangelidis / wantok.photos. Blue Bay, Mauritius 在科摩罗群岛莫埃利岛附近的一次夜潜中,帕夫洛斯·埃凡格利迪斯(Pavlos Evangelidis)潜入了一片人类视觉几乎失效的水域。 Our Narratives · 印度洋 · 夜潜探索 灯光照亮了一只悬浮在黑暗中的鱿鱼,其身体半透明,外套膜上散落着色素细胞,如同某种内部结构的地图,一条蓝绿色条纹贯穿全身。它停在原地,注视着他。他将其称作午夜猎手。此言极准,该生物并非正在逃跑或躲藏,它正在进行评估。 Midnight hunter, from the Indian Ocean series, by Pavlos Evangelidis. Image: Pavlos Evangelidis / wantok.photos. Mohéli, Comoros 鱿鱼的眼睛是动物界最精密的光学结构之一。它通过完全独立的进化路径,实现了与脊椎动物眼睛大致相同的解决方案,即拥有晶状体、虹膜与视网膜。两个谱系从未拥有过具备视觉功能的共同祖先,却在数亿年的时间里,共同收敛于相同的结构。当灯光在莫埃利岛海域捕捉到那只眼睛时,回望人类的生灵,已经完全凭借自身解决了相同的视觉难题。 在毛里求斯蓝湾附近,他发现它们正在协同捕猎。四只鱿鱼在黑暗中相互配合,八只眼睛同时追踪着周围的一切。“入夜后的印度洋完全是另一个世界,”他写道。鱿鱼在其中游弋自如,那份流畅让潜水员觉得自己才是那个能力较弱的动物。 […]

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Midnight hunter, from the Indian Ocean series, by Pavlos Evangelidis.

Eyes in the Deep

On a night dive off Mohéli in the Comoros archipelago, Pavlos Evangelidis descended into water where human vision becomes almost useless. His light found a squid suspended in the dark, body semi-transparent, chromatophores scattered across the mantle like a map of something internal, a teal stripe running its length…

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SnowyNight by Jialing Cai, Biologist, Ocean photographer, China

Jialing Cai: A Deep Dive into the World of Marine Biology and Underwater Photography – An Interview with the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023

In this exclusive interview, we delve into the captivating world of marine biology and underwater photography with Jialing Cai, the esteemed Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023…

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