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Pentaceraster cumingi
Dark brown starfish with red spots about 5-inches from center to tip of arms.
Near Shore tropical waters; sand bottom to seaward of coral reef.
Spotted about 90 feet deep off of Nanakuli, Oahu. Original medium photoprint taken with 35mm SLR in Ikelite housing using flash; print later scanned and image saved as digital file.
Spotted on Nov 29, 1980
Submitted on Dec 8, 2011
3 Comments
I agree; it does have that look! Too bad it's a bit over exposed. I never was good at guessing the settings for my manual flash; the idiotproof automatic ones with built-in sensors do a much better job.
It looks like I'm looking at city lights from the ISS or the space shuttle.. Spectacular !!
Twinkling Star