Ireland's Creatures Of The Deep Reveal Themselves For First Time
March 17, 2007 @ 04:59 PM (EST)
Source: Dailyrecord.co.uk
BLOOMING spectacularly beneath the surface of the ocean, these striking sea creatures look like they'd be at home in any tropical paradise.
But these wonders of the natural world are not to be found in the warm waters at the end of along-haul flight - they are Scottish.
This collection of amazing photographs, taken with state-of-the-art digital camera technology, reveals for the first time what life is like in the chilly deep sea habitats.
And here's what is lurking in the deep waters miles off the north-west coast of Scotland...
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