Jellyfish Lake, Palau

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    Jellyfish Lake and model, Palau

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    1. eyebo 61 months ago | reply

      According to Wikipedia these specific jellyfish's sting is not detectable by humans... and poses minimal to no risk.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_Lake

      Correction: The wiki does say not detectable by most human tissue.

    2. echeng 61 months ago | reply

      That Wiki isn't entirely accurate. You can feel the sting just slightly on your lips and on other sensitive areas, and some people are allergic (I've seen photos of people who have ballooned up after swimming in the lake).

    3. Ainlis 61 months ago | reply

      ..well..I wouldn't dare swimming into it! Unless I was a photographer wearing a diving suit..the shot is really amazing!

    4. echeng 61 months ago | reply

      Well, I was the photographer, and my "diving suit" was a pair of swim trunks. :)

    5. eyebo 61 months ago | reply

      What!? Wikipedia not accurate!? This is impossible!!! ;)

      :) Thanks for the corrected info echeng.

      As I said 8 months ago, it is indeed an incredible shot. :)

    6. LeszekZadlo 58 months ago | reply

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    8. g567hey [deleted] 50 months ago | reply

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    9. Forestalx 49 months ago | reply

      The paradise....

    10. g567hey [deleted] 49 months ago | reply

      surprising beauty

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    11. scienceduck 48 months ago | reply

      your picture enhanced our group, thank you
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    12. Ⓖraham Burwell 45 months ago | reply

      On Survivor: Palau, one of the rewards was to go to this "jellyfish lake." it looks gorgeous! great capture!

    13. byronjyu 44 months ago | reply

      This is an iconic photo

    14. Kadu Pinheiro - Underwater Photography 42 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Underxmag, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    15. E S N jr. 36 months ago | reply

      Awesome capture

    16. Gabby T Photo Austin Wedding Photographer 24 months ago | reply

      Is this for real? Is she ok?

    17. Gypaetus barbatus 24 months ago | reply

      The swimmer should be perfectly fine after swimming in the lake - The Jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau, have lost their ability to use the stinging cells called nematocysts (They eat through a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic algae that produce food for the jellies, so they don't need to catch food with the stings, I suppose).

    18. echeng 24 months ago | reply

      They do actually sting—you can feel it if one touches your lips or other sensitive areas. The sting is extremely mild; I didn't feel it anywhere else on my body. A friend of mine discovered that she was allergic to jelly stings after swimming in the lake wearing a bikini. She became really, really swollen.

    19. Gypaetus barbatus 24 months ago | reply

      That's very interesting. Is it that the nematocysts still work, but the venom in the cells is in very small quantities, do you think? Or that the venom is just majorly not harmful? I hope that your friend was all right.

    20. Dichroic1 21 months ago | reply

      I love it!

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