Life in the Clear
In the open ocean, there’s nowhere to hide. There are no rocks to slip under, no kelp to duck behind—nothing but clear water all around. “Every direction you look looks pretty much the same—it’s this ridiculous unearthly blue,” says Sönke Johnsen, a marine biologist and professor at Duke University.
If you went swimming out here in the clear blue, you’d stick out like a billboard. Everything with eyes could see you coming. Being visible isn’t safe for creatures that live here; it’s too easy to be spotted by both potential prey and potential predators. So many of them have adopted a remarkable form
