January 19th, 2018 at 11:10PM

bogleech:

bogleech:

Look at the eyes on the deep sea fish IPNOPS. They’re some of the most modified eyes ever known in a vertebrate. It’s basically lost “eyeballs” in favor of huge, concave lenses, perfect for gathering even the faintest light, possibly used to hunt bioluminescent invertebrates.

I’ve known about these since drawings of them when I was little but I never saw such clear photos of a living one before.

NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition. License: CC By Attribution

I’m really glad this got so many notes and so many people have been seeing IPNOPS.

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    Yo, nature is so fuckin‘ litβ€ΌοΈŽ
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