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brushstroke of red in the night

nightdiving are amazing to spot such beautiful atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus) which normally hide in the sand all day long, in this frame he (probably he is a male) swa my focus light and swimm super fast two meter far looking as a brushstroke

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2020
Date Uploaded: 04.2021
Photo Location: Catania, Italy
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Copyright: © Emilio Mancuso