Finished reading #Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus this morning, and wow was that a good tale.
The opening was a little slow, and the prose, a little flowery for the 17-year-old POV telling the story, but the descriptions of being stuck inside the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale were gripping and visceral, especially if, like me, you're a little claustrophobic...
Highly recommended.
#whalefall #amreading #bookstodon #books
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#StrokeOfScience Prompt ??? Oceanic
Whalefall β’ When whales die, their carcasses eventually sink to the ocean floor. Their decomposition and decay creates an entire ecosystem of their own, lasting for many years.
So diverse are these ecosystems that several species of deep sea organisms are thought to be unique to whalefall ecosystems β¨
#scienceart #art #digitalart #whalefall #marine #marineart #marinescience #science #sciart #nature #natureart #scicomm
#scicomm #natureart #nature #sciart #science #marinescience #marineart #marine #whalefall #digitalart #art #scienceart #strokeofscience
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@mstewartscience and Rob Dunlavey itβs just beautiful! #STEM #Oceans #WhaleFall
Link to the artist's etsy and prints of the painting :D
Finally made it and completely in love (and in awe) with the new #deepsea exhibit #IntotheDeep at the #MontereyBayAquarium. Blown away by what they were able to do. I kept coming back to the #whalefall exhibit. π π¦ The Japanese spider crabs are as fascinating as scary! #hydrothermalvents #isopods #siphonophores #bioluminescent #combjellies
#combjellies #bioluminescent #siphonophores #isopods #HydrothermalVents #whalefall #montereybayaquarium #intothedeep #deepsea