Comments on: really, really deep

really, really deep

nickyskye — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:03:11 -0800

The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, online gallery. Revealing nature's oddest and most mesmerizing creatures in crystalline detail; color photographs of deep ocean species, some photographed for the first time. An online companion to the book by Claire Nouvian. Deep-sea photography.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:04:01 -0800

Previously and the wonderfully titled Mefi That shit is deep post.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:12:01 -0800

as I said in the previous wonderfully titled post, the deep ocean scares the living bejeesus out of me. If I have nightmares of being pursued by hideous monsters, they always look like some translucent slimy milk white horror from the deep ocean.

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:12:17 -0800

A combination of beautiful and damn scary. Sometimes in the same photos.

By: daq

daq — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:14:14 -0800

Stop talking to them. They'll go and tell their boss. Let the Old Ones sleep. Ai ftagn.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:14:42 -0800

The book is apparently well written, not just a coffee table (although in that format).

By: infini

infini — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:17:40 -0800

I kneel and worship at thy feet for linking this to my door....

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:32:23 -0800

Thanks for the link. I expect the Dumbo Squid to appear in an animated movie anytime now.

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:34:23 -0800

er...Dumbo Octopus.

By: mykescipark

mykescipark — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:52:31 -0800

These are gorgeous photos. Thanks!

By: elendil71

elendil71 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:01:45 -0800

Just beautiful.. I'm amazed at how much color these creatures have in a world utterly devoid of such, at least to our eyes. Great stuff

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:02:14 -0800

Very cool nickyskye! Reminded me of this.

By: munchingzombie

munchingzombie — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:16:22 -0800

Thank you for posting that. Those were some really great shots. Though, some of them just beg to be turned into LOLcats.

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:30:13 -0800

Wow... some of those images creep the hell out of me. I found it difficult to even look at some of them. At the same time, wow, those are really amazing photographs. They just make my skin crawl, that's all...

By: treepour

treepour — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:32:34 -0800

Made me think of this item from Werner Herzog's Minnesota Declaration:

12. Life in the oceans must be sheer hell. A vast, merciless hell of permanent and immediate danger. So much of a hell that during evolution some species - including man - crawled, fled onto some small continents of solid land, where the Lessons of Darkness continue.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:33:34 -0800

Fantastic, thanks nickyskye.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:43:10 -0800

vronsky, ah Van Morrison, *sigh*. Thanks for that. munchingzombie, this one definitely needs to speak LolKitteh: i can haz shrinkij, it's teh cold, i swearz. ooh, treepour, now *that's* deep.

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:43:49 -0800

Staggering Jack, the Dumbo Octopus already has its own cartoon.

By: po

po — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:25:23 -0800

MOAR PLZ.

By: davebush

davebush — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:02:37 -0800

God made these things?

By: Pastabagel

Pastabagel — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:25:13 -0800

God made these things? posted by davebush at 9:02 PM on April 26 Even God isn't dumb enough to go down that far. I love how this Mick Jagger impersonating abomination is simply labeled "Unidentified Species".

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:33:57 -0800

I'm pretty sure they're Cthulu's creations.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:39:19 -0800

"i can haz shrinkij..." Now that was funny! Naughty, naughty nicky;)

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:50:01 -0800

How wonderful to have two of my loves - Werner Herzog & deep-sea-critters - come together so brilliantly in one single thread! (freebie Herzog film festival starting shortly at the Art Gallery of NSW - woohoo!)

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:51:16 -0800

God made these things? Benthocodon burning bright, In deep fathoms of the night - What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy form so tentacly?

By: infini

infini — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:54:13 -0800

wah wah ubu sahib, laa jawaab

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:12:15 -0800

I expect the Dumbo Squid to appear in an animated movie anytime now. Hey! You guys made me ink.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:16:55 -0800

And that was brilliant UbuRoivas. If we were at a bar, and you said something that clever, I would buy the drinks for the rest of the night. Unfortunately, we are on the internet, so I just feebly clicked the favourite button.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:21:17 -0800

Great photos, thanks!

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:51:41 -0800

vronsky: that's ok - I'll take a raincheck on the drinks :)

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:48:47 -0800

Nice one Ubu. You, vronsky and all thread commenters, cheers! The "unidentified species" is actually the ghost of a dockside hooker that had a thing for old salts and should have been labelled NSFW.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:14:08 -0800

Now stop it nickyskye, you just made beer come out my nose!

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:22:26 -0800

I see it as the Marlene Dietrich character in "Witness For the Prosecution" -"You wanna kiss me, ducky?"

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:33:31 -0800

Not the Rolling Stones?

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:19:47 -0800

Ok, ok, it's a Mick Jagger bio-engineering mishap that escaped the test tube. But it's still NSFW.

By: rob511

rob511 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:56:05 -0800

We may have to install a warp drive, but I think we've found the vessel that will take us to Gliese 581C.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:14:16 -0800

Hey! You guys made me ink. You know, I bet if octopi drew humans, they'd put our mouths right in our torso to make us look cuter.