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.
The July edition of free wallpapers from National Geographic offer yet another stunning visible display that overwhelms the senses and renders me in awe of our natural wonder. About the picture:
"A thicket of tentacles belonging to Heteractis magnifica, the magnificent sea anemone, provides cover for a transparent shrimp the size of a rice grain. The sea anemone, anchored to the reef, ignores shrimp but nabs small fish and other passersby."Hat tip to Michael Barton, FCD.
Bonus pics under the fold!
Part of a collection of amazing photoshop'ed hybrids from this unnamed site here. Below are couple of my favorites.
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Comments
Cool! That anemone pic was taken by Brian Skerry. He's an overseer at the Aquarium and we get to see a ton of his stuff. I put a couple of his pics up on the site here to promote his latest photo exhibition.
He's seen some amazing underwater behavior. He's been charged by a whale!
Posted by: Jives | June 24, 2008 6:36 AM
How strange and gorgeous!
Posted by: The Baltimore Babe | June 25, 2008 8:49 AM