9 other worldly images of ‘The Radiant Sea’
Popular Science Team
created: Aug. 31, 2025, 7 p.m. | updated: Sept. 10, 2025, 6:43 p.m.
The colors and light of the deep sea are on full display in these photos from The Radiant Sea: Color and Light in the Underwater World.
CREDIT: Sönke Johnsen.
We thought they might be light organs and scurried inside a darkroom to find out.
CREDIT: Steven HaddockBathophilus – This formidable fish has been featured in both the Transparency and Iridescence sections, and could have been mentioned in Bioluminescence as well.
Photos reprinted from The Radiant Sea: Color and Light in the Underwater World, published by Abrams.
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