 | Making Way: Pulley Ridge Tim Taylor talks about an expedition to the deepest known coral reef in the world. Expedition led by Sylvia Earl |
 | Eric Mueller - Submarine Pitcher Sophomore Team Captain and MVP. 0.98 era in 51 innings. 2009 graduate at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Il. Member of Top Tier summer ball team. |
 | Eric Mueller - Submarine Pitcher Sophomore Team Captain and MVP. 0.98 era in 51 innings. 2009 graduate at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Il. Member of Top Tier summer ball team. |
 | Eric Mueller - Submarine Pitcher Sophomore Team Captain and MVP. 0.98 era in 51 innings. 2009 graduate at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Il. Member of Top Tier summer ball team. |
 | Bloody Submarine darcy talking in british while i try mouthing the words. lol |
 | Plate Tectonics Theory 1 The theory of plate tectonics unifies many different fields of Earth and even Biological Sciences. It explains the origins different geographic on land and the seafloor, it explains the reasons for earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunami, it explains, in part, climate change through geologic time, and it explains, in part, the evolution of life, including humans. Here I present some of the basic terms and concepts of this important theory. |
 | YETI CRAB (New Species) An international team of scientists recently announced the discovery of a new species of blind deep-sea crab whose legs are covered with long, pale yellow hairs. This crab was first observed in March 2005 by marine biologists using the research submarine Alvin to explore hydrothermal vents along the Pacific-Antarctic ridge, south of Easter Island. Because of its hairy legs, this animal was nicknamed the "Yeti crab," after the fabled Yeti, the abominable snowman of the Himalayas. The Yeti crab was discovered during the Easter Microplate expedition to the southeast Pacific, led by MBARI scientist Bob Vrijenhoek. The primary goal of this expedition was to learn how bottom-dwelling animals from one deep-sea hydrothermal vent are able to colonize other hydrothermal vents hundreds or thousands of miles away. Vrijenhoek and his team were addressing this question by comparing the DNA of animals at hydrothermal vents in different parts of the Pacific Ocean. During one Alvin dive, marine biologist Michel Segonzac, from Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER) in France, noticed an unusually large (15-cm-long) crab with hairy arms lurking on the seafloor. Segonzac asked the Alvin pilots to collect this crab and bring it back to the surface. The researchers saw more of these unusual crabs during subsequent Alvin dives. Most of the crabs were living at depths of about 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) on recent lava flows and areas where warm water was seeping out of the sea floor. According MBARI biologist Joe Jones, "Many of the crabs were hiding underneath or behind rocks—all we could see were the tips of their arms sticking out." After returning to shore, researchers Segonzac and Jones worked with Enrique Macpherson from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain to identify the crab they had collected. They found that the crab was not only a new species (which they named Kiwa hirsuta), but an entirely new family (Kiwaidae). The Yeti crab is a distant relative to the hermit crabs commonly seen lurking in tide pools. |
 | St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks, North Atlantic Ocean In March 2005 I sailed on the 382-passenger Silversea cruise ship MV Silver Shadow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lisbon, Portugal. In the Western Hemisphere my cruise ship was to call at the ports of Salvador and Natal in northeastern Brazil as well as the small Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, which lies at latitude 3.85 S. and longitude 32.42 W., some 214 miles (345 km) off the coast of Brazil. At 9 a.m. on March 14 the Silver Shadow arrived one mile (1.6 km) off St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks, which lie at latitude 0.93 N. and longitude 29.35 W., more than 496 miles (800 km) off the coast of Brazil. These equatorial Brazilian islands, composed of mylonitic peridotite, are of volcanic origin. The island group, some 820 feet (250 meters) wide and with a maximum height of 64 feet (19.5 meters), is the peak of a submarine mountain which extends 13,123 feet (4,000 meters) down to the sea bed below. St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks are of interest primarily because they are so far offshore in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. These isolated islands represent one of the very few places where a mid-oceanic ridge attains a height which is above sea level. In effect, these mid-Atlantic rocks serve as an oasis for marine life within an otherwise deep water environment. There is no source of fresh water on the rocks other than rain, and the islands themselves are devoid of vegetation with the exception of two types of algae. But the marine flora and fauna provide a significant food source for the seabirds which reside and breed there. A 1971 biological survey by Smith et al.* showed that the brown booby (Sula leucogaster), the brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and the black noddy (Anous minutus) all breed on these rocks and that these birds' eggs are sometimes eaten by crabs (Grapsus grapsus), which occur there in large numbers. Incidentally, all three of these birds are also said to breed on Ascension Island. While it appears that scientists, amateur radio enthusiasts and Brazilian military personnel may have been the only visitors to St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks in recent years, interestingly, these isolated islands were also visited by Charles Darwin in HMS Beagle in 1860 and by H. N. Moseley in HMS Challenger in 1879. Both naturalists reported seeing vast numbers of sea birds during those nineteenth century calls. However, multitudes of sea birds are no longer in evidence today. This may be due to human interference on the islands. A lighthouse, a radio tower, a house and a shed have been constructed on one of the islands. There is also a wooden stairway running down to a small dock area. The decline in bird life may also be due to extensive fishing in the area by boats from Brazil. During my short visit I spotted three fishing boats working off these rocks. Captain Chiese of the Silver Shadow remarked that he was surprised to see such small fishing boats operating so far from the continent of South America. * www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1318_full.html |
 | Making water in the arctic Water for cooking, drinking and showers had to be mined from old ice from a ridge near the camp. Taking his turn at the mine is "Stargate SG-1" producer Martin Wood. |
 | Hey Ho, So it Goes... Please watch in High Quality! "Hey Ho" is the Dave Carter protest song taking on the war toy industry from the sweatshops where they are made, to backyard toy funerals with color guards. Sung here by his partner Tracy Grammer from her solo album, "Flower of Avalon". If you enjoy this song, please visit these websites to hear and purchase more. Tracy tours constantly and is a fixture at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and other East Coast venues. If you take the time to see her in concert I have no doubt you will be forever changed, like me. www.daveandtracy.com/ www.myspace.com/tracygrammer/ www.tracygrammer.com/ www.signaturesounds.com/ Lyrics: Hey Ho tv's on, the favorite son is watchin how the west was won daddy, please, a plastic gun get brother one for twice the fun little camo helmet-heads makin brave and playin dead missiles made of gingerbread dollars on the dime chorus hey ho, so it goes, the point of sale, the puppet show the merchant kings of war and woe have turned their hands to labor sound out the trumpet noise, the cannons bark and jump for joy someone's dread and darlin boy has fallen on his saber another world across the sea home for little busy bees sweatin in some factory hurry, please, more of these action dolls with laser sights robot planes that shoot at night faster, kid, and get it right they're rollin down the line hey ho... these days the spin machine is always on the silver screen secret plots and submarines foreign fiends and magazines wave the flag, watch the news tell us we can count on you mom and dad are marchin too children, step in time hey ho... bring your kids and coddled pets bouncin babes in bassinets we'll play a game with tanks and jets better yet, bayonets! marchin bands and color guards funerals in your own backyard don't forget your credit card johnny, hold the line hey ho... © 1999 Dave Carter / Dave Carter Music (BMI) administered by Tracy Grammer Music Thanks to all who post images as 'creative commons'. To the best of my ability I have used only copyright free images. If you beg to differ, PM me, tell me which image is yours and I will give credit and a link, or re-edit and remove the image. |
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