scientificillustration:

Seeblase - Physalia pelagica now called Physalia physalis

oldhollywood:

The undersea ‘Realm of Glass’ set from The Thief of Bagdad (1924, dir. Raoul Walsh) Art direction by William Cameron Menzies.

To prepare the set for the underwater world, a family of artisans spent three months hand-blowing the required glass pieces.

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oldbookillustrations:

Fleet of medusae.

From The ocean world, by Louis Figuier, London, Paris, New York, 1872.

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