AMERICAN SOMOA (KTRK) -- A NOAA exploration ship, the Okeanos Explorer, caught video of one of the ocean's most beautiful creatures.
Diving near 9000 feet, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) spotted a luminous jellyfish. The "cosmic" jellyfish was seen while exploring the Utu seamount, north of American Somoa in the South Pacific.
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NOAA said the sea creature showed the "perfectly relaxed arrangement of the two sets of tentacles, a position that would allow for optimum feeding in the mid-water environment at 3,000 meters."
The same species was seen on previous Okeanos Explorer expeditions.