#edith widder

[the-final-sentence]

And, to paraphrase Mark Watney, in the face of overwhelming odds, we're left with only one option: We're going to have to 'science the shit out of this.'

Edith Widder, from Below the Edge of Darkness

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“As a baby, when you crawled away from the safety of your mother’s arms to see what was beyond the next corner, you were satisfying a natural instinct to find something new. Exploring the edge of the map, knowing that at any moment you might unveil one of nature’s hidden secrets, is such a deeply visceral thrill that it feels primal.”

- Edith Widder, Below the edge of darkness. A memoir of exploring light and life in the deep sea.

[avtavr]

Bathocyroe fosteri by Edith Widder

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“Bioluminescence’s power to captivate is evident in the descriptions of anyone so fortunate as to experience it firsthand. The adjective heard most often is magical. The pure magic of living light hearkens back to childhood fantasies of secret grottos, wizards’ caves, and unicorn haunts, where the mushrooms in fairy rings glow with cold green fire and a wave of the hand sends multicolored sparks streaming from fingertips.”

- Edith Widder, Below the edge of darkness. A memoir of exploring light and life in the deep sea.

[hamletofficial]

“We need to be smarter about how we approach our planet’s last frontier and our own future, which means fully embracing the certainty that our most precious resource is not oil or metals—it’s life.”

- Edith Widder, Below the edge of darkness. A memoir of exploring light and life in the deep sea.

[hamletofficial]

“Explorers are, by necessity, optimists who have to see beyond imagined limits to find a way forward. They push past the scary monsters at the edge of the map and have the persistence needed to pursue solutions in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Their tenacity often arises less out of an abundance of courage than from an abiding curiosity.”

- Edith Widder, Below the edge of darkness. A memoir of exploring light and life in the deep sea.

[danireef]

Calamaro gigante ripreso per la prima volta nelle acque degli Stati Uniti

Calamaro gigante ripreso per la prima volta nelle acque degli Stati Uniti - Nelle buie acque del Golfo del Messico, a 750 metri sotto la superficie del mare, un tentacolo emerge dall’oscurità. Quella che era un’appendice solitaria e curiosa diventa velocemente un insieme di tentacoli che si contorcono fino a quando, alla fine, un rarissimo calamaro ...

Un nuovo articolo su http://www.danireef.com/2019/07/02/calamaro-gigante-ripreso-per-la-prima-volta-nelle-acque-degli-stati-uniti/

Calamaro gigante ripreso per la prima volta nelle acque degli Stati Uniti

#Calamaro, #CalamaroGigante, #EdithWidder, #Ricerca, #VIDEO

- by Cristian Barucca

[chromogenesis]

To commemorate the diversity of naturally-glowing organisms, the US Postal Service released Bioluminescent Life Forever stamps late February 2018. While the stamps do not glow, the series is printed on rainbow holographic paper to “mimic” bioluminescence. Seven of the images are photographs taken by Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA) CEO & Senior Scientist Edith Widder.

The second photo shown above is one of Widder's photographs of the crown jellyfish (Atolla wyvillei). According to the press release by USPS:

"Atop the pane’s selvage, transected by the issuance title, “BIOLUMINESCENT LIFE,” is an image of a transparent deep-sea comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) photographed under external lighting by Gregory G. Dimijian of Farmers Branch, TX. The firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans) shines a brilliant blue, green and white display of bioluminescence from the darkness of the selvage in a photograph by Danté Fenolio of San Antonio, TX."