A Peppermint Shrimp within a Branching Vase Sponge  Category:
Nature   Photo and caption by William Goodwin  The Peppermint
Shrimp is a natural recluse that lives its entire life inside
the same bouquet of sponges. This tiny creature essentially
taught me what kind of approach it would accept, and then it
permitted this giant from another world to share a brief moment
of intimacy within its private realm. The interior of the vase
was dim, the ambient light was confined to the blue end of the
spectrum, the depth of field was paper-thin, and at 75 feet deep
my total time on-site was very limited. So, while restrained by
physics and physiology, I was compelled by the beauty and the
challenge.  Location: Margate Bay, Bonaire, Netherlands
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