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Moon Jellies under backlight Taken at Point Defiance Zoo. Tacoma, WA Aurelia aurita,Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Moon Jellies under backlight

Taken at Point Defiance Zoo. Tacoma, WA

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Love it! promoted. Posted 11 years ago
  2. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    That blacklight has a great effect on these jellies :) Posted 11 years ago
  3. View Lori Shultz's profile
    Lori Shultz
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    very calming (and cool) photo! Posted 11 years ago

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The Moon Jelly

"Aurelia aurita" is a widely studied species of the genus "Aurelia". All species in the genus are closely related, and it is difficult to identify "Aurelia" medusae without genetic sampling; most of what follows applies equally to all species of the genus.

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Similar species: Flag-mouth Jellies
Species identified by morpheme
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Aug 6, 2014. Captured Aug 5, 2014 14:50 in Five Mile Drive, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/4.5
  • 1/30s
  • ISO1600
  • 55mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.