woodendreams:

(by Jesse Estes)

jardin-de-moda:

Ksenia Kahnovich/Vogue Paris

woodendreams:

(by Jesse Estes)

loverin5:

viking blood on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/21673433

rhamphotheca:

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

Not all jellies sting, but the sea nettle does. It hunts tiny drifting animals by trailing those long tentacles and frilly mouth-arms, all covered with stinging cells. When the tentacles touch prey, the stinging cells paralyze it and stick tight. From there, the prey is moved to the mouth-arms and finally to the mouth, where it’s digested.

• Habitat: Open Waters
• Diet: young pollock, larval fishes, zooplankton, other jellies
• Size: bell to approx 17.7 in (45 cm) in diameter, mouth-arms 12 to 15 ft (3.6 to 4.6 m) long
• Range: coastal waters off Alaska to California, Japan, Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea

(via: Monterey Bay Aquarium)

elhieroglyph:

Afghan Beauties by Mo Rusan.