{"id":90362,"date":"2025-08-17T21:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/90362\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:09:03","slug":"16-breathtaking-images-from-the-2025-ocean-photographer-of-the-year-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/90362\/","title":{"rendered":"16 breathtaking images from the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUnder the cover of night, two tiny Bobtail squid engaged in an intimate display, their arms intertwined as they mated on the seabed,\u201d says Sanders. \u201cWaves of colour rippled across their bodies as chromatophores pulsed in a mesmerising rhythm, white flickered to gold, gold to red, and back again, transforming them into living, glowing jewels in the dark. These otherworldly creatures performed their courtship, creating the next generation of Bobtail squid. I felt privileged to have witnessed this rare and tender moment. Approaching with care, I documented this encounter without disturbing the pair, capturing their brilliant display in all its intricate detail.\u201d<br \/>Location: United Kingdom <br \/>Credit: Aaron Sanders \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cUnder the cover of night, two tiny Bobtail squid engaged in an intimate display, their arms intertwined as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,61687,35574,54022,10749],"class_list":{"0":"post-90362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-harbour-seal","14":"tag-humpback-whale","15":"tag-ningaloo-reef","16":"tag-western-australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}