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dailyrothko

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Red, Blue, Orange), 1955, oil on canvas, 66 5/8 x 49 3/8 in. Signed “Mark Rothko” on the reverse

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rougejaunebleu

Mark Rothko Untitled 1969 Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas 198.8 × 148.6 cm

world-beauty

January Aurora Over Norway

Credits: Bj�rn J�rgensen

world-beauty

Creature Aurora Over Norway

Credits: Ole C. Salomonsen, Arctic Light Photo

nocternalrandomness

Discovery STS-91 thunders off of Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center for a docking mission with the Russian Mir space Station on June 2, 1998

rosieandthemoon

Wistman's Wood located at Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. Photo by Neil Burnell

megacoolkid

These are the veins of mother nature.

rounni

artiste85

Métamorphose d'un papillon aux couleurs bleues. @artiste85

mbari-blog

Why are so many deep-sea animals red?⁠❤️

Red is the first wavelength of color to be lost as light decreases with depth, so red things essentially disappear in the deep pelagic zone. Animals that are red, like this Periphyllopsis jelly, appear black and remain camouflaged from their predators and prey. ⁠ ⁠ The only light in the midnight zone is the bioluminescence, or “living light,” produced by the animals that live there. Most bioluminescence is usually blue or green. Red skin absorbs these wavelengths of light, keeping this crimson jelly and its ruby-colored relatives hidden from any lurking predators searching for their next meal.

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Strawberry, but make it deep sea 🍓✨️

Histioteuthis heteropsis, also known as strawberry squid, get their common name from the berry-like appearance of their bright-red bodies speckled with small light organs called photophores. These clever cephalopods use their crimson coloration and luminescent photophores to mask their silhouettes and hide from predators like sperm whales, dolphins, tunas, swordfish, and sharks that may be prowling the waters below.

In their natural habitat, strawberry squid are almost always observed in an oblique position with the larger eye facing slightly upward and the smaller eye facing downward. The big left eye looks upward to spot shadows cast by prey in the dimly lit waters above. The squid’s right eye searches for flashes of bioluminescence produced by prey or predators lurking in the dark depths. This squid is sometimes called the cockeyed squid for the remarkable difference in size between the two eyes.