Pictures of sea creatures

With the black background behind, these sea creatures appear vividly and extremely sharp.

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of the Earth's surface and is home to many unexplored strange creatures. Therefore, ocean exploration always brings curiosity and inspiration to researchers.

For nearly 40 years, British photographer David Shale has been constantly searching for and recording images of strange creatures living only in the seabed with great depth and pressure. Shale uses a dedicated ROV survey device to get those creatures on board and capture unique images of them.

Shale placed his 'spoils' in a cold-water container with a rotating shaft.

The sea jellyfish is brilliant with this dense and twisted tentacle that lives at a depth of 2.700m above sea level, in the North Atlantic Ocean.

This Acorn Worm glowing sea worm lives at a depth of 2.700m.Their main food is sediment on the seabed.

Photo of bat fish with transparent skin and a bulging body like a balloon living at a depth of 2.700m in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Basket Star (also known as the basket of stars) is found in a coral reef below the depth of 500m.It possesses huge numbers of tentacles, intertwined like dense tree roots.