19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Mobile
Bigeye octopus eye closeup

A closeup shot of the eye of a North Pacific Bigeye Octopus (Octopus californicus) being raised at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography experimental aquarium in San Diego, California. This cold-water, deep-sea octopus was collected haphazardly from a trawl on a research vessel.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2021
Date Uploaded: 10.2021
Photo Location: La Jolla, California, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 8
Copyright: © Adi Khen