18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Splashes of Color
These strange looking animals called sea squirts (or asicidians) that just sit on the reef filtering water all day can be so amazingly colorful. These ones look like someone just spilled some yellow and purple paint on them.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 06.2018 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2020 |
| Photo Location: | Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea |
| Copyright: | © Tom Shlesinger |