Фото и рисунки, арт и креативная реклама Deep Sea Creatures I went about looking at blogs with these interesting sea creatures on them, I was disappointed because none had information about them. Ive compiled what little facts we do know about these elusive beings. Click photos to enlarge. Common Name: Dumbo OctopusScientific Name/Class: GrimpoteuthisThe Dumbo Octopus lives in the East Pacific Rise, 300-5000 m down. They vary in color and some have blue eyes. There are 14 different species of this cool creature. Clearly shows reason for such a humorous name. Common Name: Marrus OrthocannaScientific Name/Class: SiphonophoreThis bell shaped jelly can be found in the East Pacific and West Atlantic Ocean about 400-3000 m deep. Common Name: Ping Pong Tree SpongeScientific Name/Class: Chondrochladia LampadiglobusLittle is known about this type of sponge, they live 2600-3000 m down into the abyss. Common Name: Deep Sea SpiderScientific Name/Class: MunnopsisThese are not related to pycnogonids, the true sea spider. Here is one 'walking'. Leg Structures.
Mark Jenkins // Street Installations Kristiansand, Norway London, England Montreal, Canada Cologne, Germany Besançon Rome Rio de Janeiro Tudela London Dublin Moscow Winston-Salem Seoul Royan Bordeaux Puerto del Rosario Barcelona Malmö Washington DC Washington, DC Premier Holidays : 18 Exquisite Cinematic Sand Sculptures If you've ever been on a beach holiday, there's a good chance you will have attempted to build a sand sculpture in your lifetime — probably in the form of a castle, moulded from a plastic bucket. Likewise, you will probably have ridden the emotional rollercoaster associated with such a building job: unbridled satisfaction as the bucket is removed without hitch, later followed by complete sadness as either the incoming waves knock at its walls, or a jealous child "accidentally" falls directly onto its roof. Now look at the stunning movie-themed sand sculptures below—true works of art by anyone's standards—and imagine those same emotions you felt as a clumsy child, but multiplied by 100. Marilyn Monroe Hellraiser Charlie Chaplin Gollum Darth Vader The Wizard of Oz Alien and Bender The NeverEnding Story Avatar Terminator The Matrix Toy Story King Kong Spiderman The Grinch Jack Sparrow Alfred Hitchcock Wallace and Gromit
Fernando Vicente – Vanitas | Illustration Born in Madrid, Fernando Vicente begins his career in the ’80′s, mixing illustration with painting. His unique style embodies bold and slightly aggressive visual concepts, giving him the freedom of playing with the composition. Experimentation is his motto, shifting and mixing different environments in just one work. In his series “Vanitas”, Vicente depicts the transient beauty of a woman’s body, juxtaposing an aristocratic attitude in his Hepburn-like beauties, with the reds and yellows of the flesh, all framed in a nicely textured cyan background. (All images via Fernando Vicente’ blog)
Your DNA may carry a ‘memory’ of your living conditions in childhood Family living conditions in childhood are associated with significant effects in DNA that persist well into middle age, according to new research by Canadian and British scientists. The team, based at McGill University in Montreal, University of British Columbia in Vancouver and the UCL Institute of Child Health in London looked for gene methylation associated with social and economic factors in early life. They found clear differences in gene methylation between those brought up in families with very high and very low standards of living. More than twice as many methylation differences were associated with the combined effect of the wealth, housing conditions and occupation of parents (that is, early upbringing) than were associated with the current socio-economic circumstances in adulthood. (1252 differences as opposed to 545). The researchers studied DNA that was prepared from blood samples taken when the participants were 45 years old. The study did not show:
Captured: Inauguration Day in DC Posted Jan 21, 2009 Share This Gallery inShare0 An estimated 1.8 million people crowded the mall in Washington, DC to bear witness to history on January 20, 2009. Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office. The busy day for the Obama family included The Inauguration Ceremony, the Presidential Luncheon, the Inaugural Parade and, finally, the Inaugural Balls in the evening. The Capitol is illuminated in the early morning hours before the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Commuters walk up the stopped escalators at the Judiciary Square Metro Rail stop on their way to the National Mall on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 for the inauguration ceremonies in Washington. People debark the Metro during the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. A member of the U.S.
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