Category Archives: Thalassa

Intergalactic Fishing

The vast, ice-encrusted oceans of Jupiter’s moon Europa may be harboring sea-life that lives on the oxygen-rich waters. According to National Geographic: The amount of oxygen would be enough to support more than just microscopic life-forms: At least three million … Continue reading

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That Island I Love: Minjerribah

- filmed by Des McCawley Was it yesterday Or a thousand years, My eager feet Caressed your paths; My opened fingers Counted grains of sand Hidden in the warmth of time. Now my civilized self Stamps its imprint On reluctant … Continue reading

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Keep your feet up

This BBC video shows starfish and three-foot nemertean worms prowling the Antarctic sea floor in search of flesh. (That starfish covered mound in the picture? Seal pup.) The video speeds things up with time-lapse photography, which only adds to the … Continue reading

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A Storm

This massive cyclone in the Indian Ocean was captured by a satellite on Monday. According to NASA: After forming as a tropical storm over the Southern Indian Ocean on November 14, 2009, Anja strengthened to a cyclone one day later. … Continue reading

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Shipbuilding Apprentice

The winner of the annual “Labour Photo of the Year,” organised by the LabourStart organisation, has been announced. K M Asad, an Indian photojournalist, won with a striking image of a Bangladeshi boy resting after working, probably unpaid, in a … Continue reading

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Island Holiday with Dryococelus australis

The remnants of a massive volcano, Ball’s Pyramid juts 1,843 feet out of the Pacific Ocean. Discovered in 1788, the barren, rocky spire was thought to be devoid of life until 2001 when a group of scientists discovered what may … Continue reading

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Architeuthis dux

via Slate: Giant Squid Don’t mess with them. By Grady Hendrix Grady Hendrix warns that we have “violated our contract with the giant squid” and urged caution. The article is reprinted over the jump.

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