‘Octopi My Coronary heart’- An itty-bitty ruby octopus perched atop an encrusted rock, Washington, USA
As a distinguished member of the bustling diving group within the Pacific Northwest, new DPG photographer of the week, Ariel Mei has an enormous portfolio of the fantastic critters to be present in these chilly waters! Ariel’s underwater journey started early, she was scuba licensed on the age of 11 and hasn’t slowed down since. Her ardour for the marine world noticed her pursue that additional and he or she holds a level in oceanography.
Puget Sound in Washington, the place Ariel resides, is residence to among the world’s greatest coldwater diving and a few of its most improbable critters. Nearly each day, she may be discovered critter looking and in her function right here you may be handled to some actually fantastic animals from the Pacific spiny lumpsucker, to a horde of gunnels.
On the uncommon events that Ariel is not underwater, she hosts the ‘What We Sea’ podcast. In case you caught and loved the pun within the title, you may get pleasure from Ariel’s picture titles (which have been included in a POTW function for the primary time). She freely admits she spends a not insignificant period of time arising with the silliest puns doable for her footage. You’ll find the podcast on Apple, Google, and Spotify. Please get pleasure from’s Ariel’s photos, the characterful critters featured, and her witty puns!
‘Mossing Round’- One of many fanciest hairdo’s within the ocean belongs to the mosshead warbonnet, Washington, USA
‘Tuna Turner’- Additionally making a case for greatest hairdo is the bigger adorned warbonnet, Washington, USA
‘Stubby Face’- The fantastic eye of the stubby squid, Washington, USA
‘Comfortable as a Bug in a Rug’- A diminutive snailfish huddled in some crimson kelp, Washington, USA
‘Prince of Barkness’- A dogfish on the lookout for crustaceans and cephalopods at evening, Washington, USA
‘O-FISH-ially Spring’- A stunning copper rockfish, surrounded by huge plumose anemones within the inexperienced springtime waters, Washington, USA
‘My Sole-Mate’- The Pacific Northwest’s most well-known fish, the spiny lumpsucker! Washington, USA
‘Leonardo Da-Pinchy’- A fantastically coloured juvenile Puget Sound king crab, Washington, USA
‘F-EEL-ing Grumpy’- Regardless of their frequent identify, wolf eels are literally the world’s largest blenny, Washington, USA
‘Eye Sea You’- The intricately detailed and patterened eye of a buffalo sculpin, Washington, USA
‘Dolla Dolla Billz’- A shallow water sand greenback backyard, Washington, USA
‘Divine’- An aptly named sea angel cruising simply beneath the floor, Washington, USA
‘Eggsalent’- A nudibranch making ready to devour some unlucky fish eggs, Washington, USA
‘Gunnel Rainbow’- A whole clan of gunnels holed up collectively beneath a discarded piece of wooden, Washington, USA
To see extra of Ariel’s work from across the Pacific Northwest, please give her a observe on Instagram or go to her web site.