Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’… These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet. To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…
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Wednesday’s WTF!?!: The Ocean ‘Ghost’…

These haunting phantom images are stills from a video of the mysterious deepwater jellyfish Deepstaria enigmatica. The bell of this species is remarkably thin, broad and delicate and can measure up to 60cm in diameter. It has been said to resemble a translucent, folding sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. This particular specimen was recorded at a depth of 5,000 feet.

  • To see video footage of this specimen and read more see here
  • To read the Smithsonian Institute’s original 1967 description by F.S. Russell see here
  • To pass the ice-cream see here. Nom nom…

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