What lives beneath
Pictures shot under the sea between Armenistis Beach and TIgania beach, Chalkidiki, Greece. Click each picture to zoom in.
Previous episodes:
Destination: the Holy Mountain
Lines of horizon
Radial symmetries
When feeling in danger, octopuses spread out their arms, pump water through their siphon and exhibit phosphorescent pigments. Octopuses are animals with bilateral symmetry, despite these postures make them looking like radial. “My” octopus did not ink, maybe it was not so frightened after all.
Sedentary marine tube worms quickly retract their colorful bristles (visible) in their calcareous tube (not visible). Despite their exposed, radial head, they are bilateral annelids
Sea anemones are true radial animals. This anemone belongs to the Actinaria subclass
Sea urchins (Echnoidea) are true radial symmetry animals
A runaway octopus with its usual pigmentation
This sea anemone belongs to the Spirularia subclass
Sea stars (Asteroidea) are true radial animals. This specimen is crawling through a bed of peacock tail’s algae.
Pictures shot with Olympus THought1 and Huawei P30 Pro. Click each picture to zoom in.
Previous episodes:
Modern Greeks
Sunday morning 7am at the Greek Orthodox Church, bells across our street.
Waiting for thirsty tourists for breakfast at the Beach bar
Every evening a new show: her balcony in front of the only place in town
Boys playing the bouzouki at the beach, such lucky chance!
Ugly and tasteful vegetables of Sikias
Pelagic Greek – from Ancient Greek Ï€Îλαγος (pélagos), meaning ‘open sea’
Click each picture to zoom in. Underwater pictures show with Olympus Though1 or Huawei P40 Pro. Previous episodes:
Big fishes
Snapping the tail of a trigger fish
A purple star fish
A stingray hovering on the sea bed
The monster from the Abyss
Jelly encounters of the third kind
Tordo verde through a Poseidonia prairie
The curious eye of a trigger fish
Underwater pictures shot either with Huawei p30 pro or Olympus Though-1. Click each picture to zoom in.
Previous episodes:
1 Sardinia welcomes
2 Blues alla Carbonara
3 Summer greens
4 Barriers
5 Row, row, row your boat
6 Bend it
7 Walk on ancient rocks
8 Under landscapes
9 Team Players
