Giant (or Gorgon head) basket star (Astroboa nuda) at night. Tight spirals like a mandlebrot set form a striking pattern in this marine echinoderm. Re

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Giant (or Gorgon head) basket star (Astroboa nuda) at night. Tight spirals like a mandlebrot set form a striking pattern in this marine echinoderm. Red Sea, Egypt, November

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Size: 5500px × 3671px
Location: Barge Wreck, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa
Photo credit: © Beara Creative / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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