Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
This video shows why it can feel like Christmas when you're cruising the seafloor in a submarine and you stumble upon a deep-sea coral community. The "marine snow" is falling, the bamboo corals light up like Christmas trees, the anemones, well, they kind of remind me of poinsettias.
Yet, perhaps what's most amazing is how well the lyrics of "Let It Snow" fit the scene. How many phrases can you find?
The footage shown here was taken by the Johnson Sea-Link submersible in 1500 feet of water on Viosca Knoll in the Gulf of Mexico. Special thanks to DSN sweetheart Christina Kellogg for her ongoing contributions to Deep Sea News at Scienceblogs.
This holiday season, remember that it's always snowing somewhere.
Have a wonderful Christmas where ever you are.
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O, the pressure outside is frightful,
The bathysphere is so delightful,
She squids are turned way down low...
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: MikeG | December 25, 2007 9:02 AM