Deep Blue Sea goes below the reach of sunlight, where the water is black and the only light is the light you bring or the light the animals make. About half the gallery is lit by the floodlights of a research submersible: a giant isopod crawling over abyssal mud, a goblin shark with its blade snout, yeti crabs on dark vent rock, a dumbo octopus, a Japanese spider crab, a coelacanth at the mouth of an undersea cave. Some of those are framed through the round viewport of the submersible itself. The other half switches every outside light off and lets the animals light themselves – anglerfish lures, the red and blue lamps of a dragonfish, firefly squid, a spinning atolla jellyfish, a pyrosome glowing end to end. Wide areas of dark water leave room for a title or a crop. Full UHD for desktop, streaming and print. Created by Jeff Dupler, using the latest in AI technology.

A note on accuracy: these are artistic interpretations of real deep sea animals, not photographs. Shapes, colors and details may not match the real species exactly, and the animal named in each image description is our best identification of that picture.

Deep Blue Sea – Deep Sea Creature Backgrounds

Deep sea animals in black water, from giant isopods caught in the submersible floodlights to anglerfish and jellies lit only by their own glow.
On the shadowy ocean floor, pink sea anemones grow under a beam of lightClusters of pink sea anemones bloom on dark rocks under a single beam of lightSpreading upward on dark seabed rock, pink sea anemones cluster together in a bright beamA giant squid swims forward through dark blue water, its reddish skin catching pale lightCurled reddish tentacles spread wide as a squid glides through pitch black ocean waterA reddish giant squid swimming forward in the dark waterSwimming in dark water, a reddish giant squid curls its suckered tentaclesOutside a dark submarine window, an anglerfish swims near small jellyfishA hairy white crab crawls over dark rocks in a beam of light underwaterCrouched in three-quarter view, a hairy white crab crawls over dark ocean rockA hairy white crab crawls over dark sea rocks under a warm golden spotlightHairy pale claws extend from a white crab resting on dark rocks under water deep belowA pale pink dumbo octopus swims forward in shadowy ocean waterSwimming through black water, a pale pink dumbo octopus flaps wide ear finsIn dim ocean water, a pale pink dumbo octopus swims forward with ear-like finsA small pale dumbo octopus floats forward through deep waterFacing forward in deep water, a pink octopus curls its tentacles tipped with blue lightA small pink octopus drifts in the dark with blue lights shining along its curled armsTranslucent pink skin defines a small octopus floating through completely deep black water with bright blue points on its armsTiny pink translucent octopus swimming in dark water with bright blue spotsSwimming forward, a giant squid shows its suckers under cold blue water lightIn dim ocean water, a red giant squid opens its suckered armsA red giant squid swims through dark ocean water under a beam of sunlightSwimming forward in the dark water, a red giant squid illuminated by bright light above

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