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The Perseus who killed Medusa in Florence

Il Perseo che ha ucciso Medusa nella Loggia dei Lanzi a Firenze

The Perseus who killed Medusa in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.
If you are in Florence you definitely cannot miss seeing this statue located right in the center, in the very famous Piazza della Signoria.
It is sheltered under the Loggia dei Lanzi, the structure in front of Palazzo Vecchio that houses several works.

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Il Perseo che ha ucciso Medusa nella Loggia dei Lanzi a Firenze

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 11-22.

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Perseus is best remembered for killing the Gorgon Medusa, for saving Andromeda, who later became his wife, from a sea monster, and for being king of Tiryns, after having renounced the throne of Argos in favor of Megapenthes, and of Mycenae, a city he founded himself. By his wife Andromeda he had many children, including Electryon (her heir and grandfather of Heracles) and Gorgophone (mother of Icarius and grandmother of Penelope, wife of Odysseus).
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Jellyfish at the Genoa Aquarium

Meduse all'Acquario di Genova

Jellyfish at the Genoa Aquarium.
Here is a photo of one of the jellyfish that welcome you to the Aquarium.
It had been a while since I visited the Genoa Aquarium (a classic not to visit places that mediate when they are close to home) and I must say that it is truly very beautiful. Over the years it seems to me to have expanded and always current.

Obviously the photo I inserted is of a jellyfish, I think it's very suggestive!

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Meduse all'Acquario di Genova

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The jellyfish is a planktonic animal, mainly marine, belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, which together with the Ctenophores formed what were once the Coelenterates.
Generally it represents a stage of the life cycle that ends after sexual reproduction with the formation of a polyp. Some studies have verified that the Turritopsis nutricula jellyfish is potentially immortal because it has been shown that, as time passes, it is able to rejuvenate more and more until it starts a new life cycle. This rejuvenation process seems to be caused by strong environmental factors that participate in the cellular changes of the organism.
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Jellyfish at the Genoa Aquarium – Méduses à l’Aquarium de Gênes – Medusas en el Acuario de Génova – Medusa no Aquário de Génova – Quallen im Genua Aquarium – Sứa tại Thủy cung Genoa
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Velette in baia del Silenzio

Velette in baia del Silenzio

Non è proprio una cosa bella da vedere (e da odorare) ma è del tutto naturale: le velette (si dovrebbero chiamare velelle o barchette di San Pietro) che sono degli animali simili a meduse che in questo periodo vengono trascinate dalla corrente a riva dove, una volta spiaggiate, si dissolvono con il sole.

In questi giorni formano un tappeto blu-azzurro sul bagnasciuga di Portobello.

velette

Velella velella, also known as St. Peter's or St. John's boat, is a colony of hydrozoans of the Porpitidae family. It is often found in all oceans, on the shores or at most 1-2 cm deep in the water, with a preference for warm or temperate waters. Like other cnidarians (coelenterates), Velella velella is a carnivorous animal. It captures its prey, usually plankton, using its tentacles that contain toxins. These toxins, while effective against the prey, are harmless to humans, as they cannot penetrate the skin and do not cause any reaction to human skin. However, it is preferable to avoid touching your eyes after picking up a Velella velella.
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A jellyfish at the Cherbourg aquarium, France

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Jellyfish at the Cherbourg Aquarium, France.
This image, which I have not taken recently, immortalizes a splendid (and enormous, I assure you) jellyfish from the Cherbourg Aquarium, France.
A truly disturbing animal.

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Medusa

It is a planktonic animal, mainly marine, belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, which together with the Ctenophores formed what were once the Coelenterates.
Generally it represents a stage of the life cycle that ends after sexual reproduction with the formation of a polyp. Some studies have verified that the Turritopsis nutricula jellyfish is potentially immortal because it has been shown that, as time passes, it is able to rejuvenate more and more until it starts a new life cycle. This rejuvenation process seems to be caused by strong environmental factors that participate in the cellular changes of the organism.
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A jellyfish at the Cherbourg aquarium, France – Une méduse à l’aquarium de Cherbourg, France – Una medusa en el acuario de Cherburgo, Francia – Uma alforreca no aquário de Cherbourg, França – Eine Qualle im Aquarium von Cherbourg, Frankreich – Một con sứa ở thủy cung Cherbourg, Pháp