File:Moon jellyfishes and sea gooseberry in Sandvik 2.jpg
Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 240 × 240 pixels | 480 × 480 pixels | 768 × 768 pixels | 1,024 × 1,024 pixels | 2,048 × 2,048 pixels | 3,211 × 3,211 pixels.
Original file (3,211 × 3,211 pixels, file size: 6.25 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Moon jellyfishes and sea gooseberry in Sandvik, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.
Summary
edit
| Description |
English: Two moon jellyfishes (Aurelia aurita) and a sea gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) in Sandvik, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. The jellies are disturbing the top water layer of the fjord. The photo was taken on a calm, sunny morning after a rain, so it's likely that the layer is warmer water with some freshwater added. In this case that would make a thermocline coincide with a halocline and resulting in a very thin but visible pycnocline. This difference in density and the altered refractive index is what makes the water look "oily". The jellies are quite small and young, about 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in) in diameter, and since the are just below the surface and stirring up the pycnocline beneath them, that would make the layer of warmer freshwater on the fjord about 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in) thick at the time. The gray dots in the photo are daphnias, the fjord was full of them at the time. |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | W.carter |
| Camera location |  | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
 |
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Some debris in the water, mostly plant parts, and surface bubbles have been removed.
|
Licensing
edit
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 19:23, 23 July 2020 | | 3,211 × 3,211 (6.25 MB) | W.carter (talk | contribs) | Uploaded own work with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
