want to sample this so badly but it would feel like stealingggggg
so i won’t.
maybe..
could i get arrested for that?
@___@
A Handful of Biodiversity
Fitting nine of anything on two fingers is impressive. These gastropods and echinoderms are a teeny-tiny sample of the ocean’s biodiversity. The Census of Marine Life estimates that there are at least one million species of plants and animals in the sea. Most of have not been described. The nine animals in this photo were collected by Smithsonian researchers in the southern Caribbean, near Curaçao. The scientists are part of the Deep Reef Observation Project and trying to better understand, explore and monitor the biodiversity of deep reefs.
(photo and text via: Smithsonian Ocean Portal)
(via gnihctitselprup)
These little, gelatinous “people” are siphonophores, like the Portuguese Man O’ War. I cannot find a species name or any more information ANYWHERE.
I’ve been looking for this again! The real royalty of the sea.
entre mar y sol: The Greater Spiralling Mayan Consciousness Cycles
Cellular cycle - beginning 16.4 billion years ago, developed the consciousness of Action/Reaction.
Mammalian cycle - beginning 820 million years ago, developed the consciousness of Stimulus/Response.
Familial cycle - beginning 41 million years ago, developed the consciousness of…
trestin eeling - durnk sonhg
lyrics :
My heartbeat woke me
Pounding loud
I’m not comfey now
Lets curl up in the corner of the couch again
Keep on crawling closer to the end
A plot again
Too tired I’m going back to bed
Small steps
Everything will be fine
trestin eeling
coconut
Frederic Fontenoy, Alkama (Blood and Milk)
i find these two liquids being combined to be a bit unsettling(i think because of milks ability to curdle and then the term “blood curdling” : my brain is connecting the two.) — but visually they are beautiful together
(Source: alecshao, via lookbehindyou)
