- Nasty - atownjacket
- I wonder if this pattern is a product of its growth or not. Also would be interesting to see the larva planktonic form for comparison. - stits
- agreed! - elkue
- lol, XD its a teen - li Ian li
- C'est quoi alors Cobra ??? - didierhenri.vincent
- looks like nipples - Khaled A.K
- It's Barinade from Ocarina of Time! - Jephey
- I got one big - Julian Marquez
- wo0ow - boy.microb
- Is it a living thing??? - §@!η†
- wow this urchin is amazing. very cool find - Dr. Genius
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Strange Creatures
The little sea urchin on top is quite unusual. It was discovered by a research vessel near New Caledonia at a depth of 1000 ft.
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sandrino (60 months ago | reply)
That is cool. What an amazing pattern!
TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ (60 months ago | reply)
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photofriendly (60 months ago | reply)
Sea Urchins are fascinating as seen here. Growing up we would hunt for them in Florida.
KoenigNazgul (60 months ago | reply)
wow! The thumbnail looked so alien and artificial, and yet much of what lies in the ocean is so different from land-bound forms. Good shot.
Vanita (60 months ago | reply)
Nature’s little circuit board orbs!
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jurvetson (60 months ago | reply)
Yes! With a slightly inductive delay line in the squiggle...
Oh, and they managed to get their MEMS comb drive wrapped around the sphere...
Not sure what the nipples are for tho...
Vanita (60 months ago | reply)
Not sure what the nipples are for tho...
Maybe that's the "mother" part of the board.
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Jay Dugger (60 months ago | reply)
The thumbnail gave me the impression it showed an exotic confection of marzipan and frosting, or perhaps an intricate piece of sculpture, like a Fabrege egg.
Do you know the taxonomy of this sea urchin?
!MimosaMicheMichelle! (60 months ago | reply)
It is more beautiful than any crown jewel ... or jewelled crown!
trafal (60 months ago | reply)
nature's vanities! good to see, better to wonder!
yewco (60 months ago | reply)
Looks very creepy but beautiful.
biotron (60 months ago | reply)
*exhales massive sigh of wonder*
NatashaP (60 months ago | reply)
WOW! Fascinating!
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Starlisa (60 months ago | reply)
truly astounding! On the Oregon state coastline along the Pacific we found simple ones... these are so exotic! I learned in Biology many years ago that these are called "tests" each one being a Test. boy was that fun to play with!
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jurvetson (60 months ago | reply)
A test?...
it's the question that drives us
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TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ (60 months ago | reply)
oh, to me those were not nipples -yet saw the resemblance-, but vestigial tentacles...
the urchin atop reminded me of the chinese paper lanterns... guess if I google enough I may find one painted similarly... =D
evatxu (60 months ago | reply)
This is really one of Natures Finest!!>
popuz (60 months ago | reply)
Unbelievable beauty...
seen on Explore
jorgempf (60 months ago | reply)
this is very amazing, where is it shown? is it yours? or you just made a photo of it?
EDEN PHOTOGRAPHY (60 months ago | reply)
Wow- that's really cool!
TWTME
Jenny Lewelling (60 months ago | reply)
Wow! what an incredible shot!
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Trudi L (60 months ago | reply)
Thanks for sharing -- I've never seen anything like it.
jurvetson (60 months ago | reply)
thanks y'all.
jorgempf: it's part of a small collection of nautical artifacts that I have at home.
Jay Dugger: I will try to look that up. I can't recall the full name.
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tina negus (59 months ago | reply)
beautiful urchins
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macropoulos (59 months ago | reply)
Amazing patterns!
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Fernando Felix (59 months ago | reply)
Wow, very interesting! Great shot!
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Cheap Camera Tricks (59 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
Thor Johan Thorsson [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
Great design!
BBMaui (59 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
Vizual Pollution (59 months ago | reply)
Ripper of an acquisition!
Evren Aydın [DELETED] [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
this is cool
weeeder (59 months ago | reply)
wow, it`s like a living fractal! LOL
Márcia C (59 months ago | reply)
Excellent detail!
Well captured...
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kool_skatkat (59 months ago | reply)
Interesting...
kentbye (58 months ago | reply)
amazing
schoschie (58 months ago | reply)
Incredible shapes and colors.
doberwoman guardian of the clan (57 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nouvelle-Calédonie/New Caledonia, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
very interesting!
Elinesca (57 months ago | reply)
...like a jewelery box...
Donna62 (56 months ago | reply)
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ozmcosm (56 months ago | reply)
I bet if you ate it, you would start tripping balls immediately
very1silent (56 months ago | reply)
Do the smaller bumps on top mean that there are smaller spines on the top than on the bottom?
blmurch (56 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous and totally intriguing.
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Alexander Gräf (56 months ago | reply)
Dear Americans, please try to get used to metric units:
1000 ft ~ 300 m
Kailash Nadh (56 months ago | reply)
Lovely colours and patterns. Amazing!
xx James xx (56 months ago | reply)
Yeah, beautiful capture, and you are now on reddit by the way :-)
teachernz (56 months ago | reply)
Remember this is only the skeleton. The living creature shows what those "nipples" might be.
www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-11/rs/index.p hp
Look at the fourth image!!
bytehead (56 months ago | reply)
Looks like a space ship in the next outer space adventure!
SlideOut Trey (56 months ago | reply)
wow... nature is so humbling..