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Imagine you can redesign Google's logo. What would it be? Perhaps the two o's can be portholes in a submarine that is exploring the 'l' hydrothermal vent? Google tasked K-12 students nationwide to come up with future Google logo's in...
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Posted on May 13, 2008 10:34 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The world below the brine, Forests at the bottom of the sea, the branches and leaves, Sea-lettuce, vast lichens, strange flowers and seeds, the thick tangle openings, and pink turf, Different colors, pale gray and green, purple, white, and gold,...
Posted on April 14, 2008 9:23 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As part of the MNHN's current Abysses exhibitions, based largely on Clare Nouvian's elegant book, you can choose and pilot your own submersible over at the their website. I choose the Trieste which handled a little rough on corners...
Posted on March 25, 2008 8:12 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The March 2008 copy of Marine Technology magazine features the "ROV-AUV-UUV" annual report. You can read it online or sign up at Seadiscovery.com for a free subscription. It's probably the best deal in marine science next to student membership in...
Posted on March 11, 2008 5:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I have finally gotten around to creating a list of deep-sea themed books, with some others thrown in at Amazon. Some of you will recognize a handful of the titles that have been reviewed here. Others will be new....
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Posted on March 10, 2008 3:22 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
By random but thankful chance I stumbled upon DiveFilm HD Podcast in the ITunes Store (click here). The podcast features some of the best underwater video footage out there. Sometimes the narration is cheesy but that is what mute...
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Posted on March 6, 2008 3:47 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As a father of two, I realize the importance of finding good books and toys. My daughter is too young still, but my 27 month old son absolutely LOVES books and I absolutely LOVE buying him new and interesting books....
Posted on February 5, 2008 2:12 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is a tale of how a singular event can lead to two simultaneous outcomes, one absurd and one enlightening. Recently, I've needed to have a medical procedure to keep my body functioning. The first procedure over two years ago...
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Posted on February 3, 2008 4:19 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The fourth season of LOST finally begins tonight on ABC! We figured the best we can do to enhance your entertainment tonight is to give you a few facts about submarines and moon pools.
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Posted on January 31, 2008 9:44 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I've admittedly been hooked on Cloverfield since I saw the trailer (bottom). Can't say why really as I typically hate monster movies and huge internet hype translates into festering heaps of movies (e.g. Snakes on a Plane). Rick Macpherson is...
Posted on January 3, 2008 6:57 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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.
