It was stranger than any imagination could have conceived...
Today's Science Times has a great article and some amazing photos of deep sea creatures. Such bizarre, beautiful diversity down there! Depicted above is a Ping Pong tree sponge. I am speechless.
The images come from a new book by French journalist and film director Claire Nouvian, “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss” (University of Chicago Press, 2007) .
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Jon Dog did you see this about a creationist up to head the NEA?
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Wow! Those pictures cant be from Earth!
ReplyDelete(I really hope we didnt hurt them taking bright pics)
The publisher of The Deep, the University of Chicago Press, has a website for the book that includes a Flash video, a gallery of more than two dozen photos, and information about the book and the author, including an author interview. See http://www.thedeepbook.org/
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous and has a great name too. My fav. sea creature at the moment.
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