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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 25 points 11 months ago

I suppose it depends where & how you look?

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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

wonder how much color saturation was added to those pics, looks like the knob got turned to 11

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

That second picture looks AI generated, why is it backlit?

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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 11 months ago

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

[-] Castigant@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 11 months ago

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

and yeah that one looks quite fake:-)

[-] Lycist@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

2nd image is from the movie "Lighthouse", and that's just how it looked.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 3 points 11 months ago

It might be from that outreach program to kids - I even saw something made up to look like a mermaid in there:-). Anyway yeah, whether made for or by kids, it's definitely stylized.

[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, tineye doesn't find any matches for it but does for all the others.

The backlight could be sunlight, but the it wouldn't be deep-sea. It could be another submersible with a light, but I don't know why two would dive together. The bokeh looks pretty weird also. I think it's AI.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Could also be in spawn. That could cause backscatter from the lights off the gametes.

But probably fake.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's just how the deep sea lures people in. Come see our bright jellies, you'll be safe

[-] kunegis@mander.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

Why is the first picture a Paphiopedilum? (It's an orchid)

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 11 months ago

I don't know, I didn't make it! It is pretty though...:-)

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Willem Defish.

[-] tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Yer fond of me lobster, ain't ye?

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Deep sea mining

[-] snootchiebootchies@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 11 months ago

Do the interns get Glocks?

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