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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Semi-transparent creatures combined with no natural light makes things look unnatural at that depth. Also, considering many things are bioluminescent at that depth, that creature in particular might be generating its own light.

Edit: wow I'm dumb and misread. I thought you were talking about the first image. Yeah, the second one is very fake

[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Lol it's not fake its literally a still of Willem Dafoe from the movie "The Lighthouse".

[–] Castigant@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

It's backlit because there's a lighthouse behind him

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are we talking about the jellyfish? Because we're talking about the images openstars posted.

[–] OpenStars 2 points 3 months ago

(they're having fun, not being literal:-)

and yeah that one looks quite fake:-)