{"id":17146,"date":"2020-12-15T18:57:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/?p=17146"},"modified":"2020-12-15T19:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T19:05:44","slug":"17146","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2020\/12\/15\/17146\/","title":{"rendered":"No, this is not an Alien lifeform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17147\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17147\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17147\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2020\/12\/octopus-wonderpus-blackwater-008.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source mymodernmet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The depths of the ocean are a powerful draw for researchers, experienced divers, and photographers alike. The vast bodies of water which cover over 70 percent of the planet\u2019s surface are still being explored and documented. Lured by mystery, blackwater photographers dive at night into icy, pitch-dark depths. Taipei-based photographer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/p\/hmap666\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wu Yung-sen<\/a>\u00a0has been deep sea diving and photographing marine life for four years. On a recent blackwater dive\u2014unable to see the bottom and surrounded by impenetrable space\u2014he chanced upon a rare larval Wunderpus octopus. A stunning image captures the encounter; it shows the delicate and transparent baby octopus encasing its own brilliantly red brain, a sight few ever witness in the wild.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wu-yung-sen-blackwater-photography\/\">TO READ MORE CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The depths of the ocean are a powerful draw for researchers, experienced divers, and photographers alike. The vast bodies of water which cover over 70 percent of the planet\u2019s surface are still being explored and documented. Lured by mystery,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2020\/12\/15\/17146\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":17147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17146"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17154,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17146\/revisions\/17154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}