Shrimp Bioluminescence (23503861701)

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Description: The deep-sea pandalid shrimp Heterocarpus ensifer and a photo of the same animal ‘vomiting’ light from glands located near its mouth. Photographed during the Bioluminescence and Vision 2015 expedition, as scientists sought to gain a better understanding of how and why organisms create their own light. Learn more about the Bioluminescence and Vision 2015 expedition: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/15biolum/welcome.html [Image source: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/15biolum/logs/july23/..]. Date: 7 December 2015, 06:33. Source: Shrimp Bioluminescence. Author: NOAA Ocean Explorer from USA.