Oddities of the not so deep
Rare images by a UK photographer show the alien-like creatures that make their life 20 metres below the ocean’s surface. Underwater photographer Robert Stansfield captured these images of life in the open ocean surrounding the island of Cozumel, Mexico. The images show a huge volume of life migrating up from the mesopelagic zone up to the epipelagic, allowing for a glimpse into life beyond recreational diving depths.
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These images were taken by underwater photographer Robert Stansfield, from Southampton, UK, on a blackwater dive in the open ocean surround the island of Cozumel, Mexico.
‘The blackwater dives never fail to amaze me with the crazy alien-like life forms that drift past out in the open ocean, well away from a reef,’ says Robert. ‘The idea is to see the largest biomass migration on the planet. Every night a huge volume of life migrates up from the mesopelagic zone up to the epipelagic. This night-time migration gives us the opportunity to see life at the surface that normally lives well beyond recreational diving depths.’