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The comb jelly is a beautiful, oval-shaped animal with eight rows of tiny comblike plates that it beats to move itself through the water. As it swims, the comb rows break up (diffract) light to produce a shimmering rainbow effect. Voracious predators of other jellies, some comb jellies can expand their stomachs to hold prey nearly half their own size. Comb jellyfish roaming the seas for at least 500 million years.

Ghostly dancers of the abysses, jellyfish are fascinatingly elegant and eerily scary. While the awareness of their venom tends to instill fear, their slow and hypnotizing movement has a paradoxically soothing effect to the human mind. Using the same curious approach as for this other series, Jan C. Schlegel directed his camera onto these odd creatures to highlight their magnificence. Keeping them closely at home before releasing them into the wild, Schlegel got acquainted with their habits and tuned in to their own pace.

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Danseuses fantomatiques des abysses, les méduses sont à la fois d’une élégance fascinante et étrangement effrayantes. Alors que la simple prise de conscience de leur venin inspire la peur, leur lent et hypnotique mouvement possède un effet paradoxalement apaisant pour peu que l’on s’y attarde. Posant le même oeil curieux qu’à son habitude, Jan C. Schlegel dirige son objectif sur ces êtres singuliers afin d’en souligner la magnificence. S’en occupant pendant un temps à domicile avant de les relâcher dans leur milieu naturel, Schlegel se familiarisa avec leurs habitudes pour mieux s’accorder à leur propre rythme.

Jan C. Schlegel