"Ansarov shoots the creatures on a light table because they’re translucent and the light coming from underneath helps illuminate their insides. The man-of-wars are usually alive when Ansarov and his wife find them on the beach, so the couple use a beer cooler filled with seawater to transport them home. The creatures are still alive when Ansarov photographs them and then he puts them back on the beach where he found them."
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Psychedelic Portuguese Man-of-War Photos Prove God Is a Stoner
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A sting form a Portuguese man-of-war hurts like hell, so most people avoid the jellyfish-like creatures. Not Aaron Ansarov. He and his wife don rubber gloves and collect them so Ansarov can take the creatures back to their house - alive - and photograph them on a makeshift light table.
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