Tag: sea
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The Most Interesting And Unusual Things People Found On The Beach
The oceans are vast and mysterious, covering 71% of our planet and containing all kinds of things that we have yet to discover, despite our best efforts to explore the deepest depths. Because not many of us will ever get the opportunity to hitch a ride in a Submersible, the best place to discover some…
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Shocking Campaign Uses Graphic Images To Point Out The Damage That Plastic Pollution Has On The Ocean’s Wildlife
You might not think using one plastic fork on your lunch break could cause a dramatic impact on the globe but if you imagine all 7.7 billion people do that as well – the picture is quite terrifying. To put it simply we are drowning in plastic. On the bright side, it seems like lately…
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Artist Turns Real Seashells Into Decorative Jewelry Dishes That Look Like Long Lost Treasure
Nowadays, many contemporary artists are looking for new ways to express their art in a different manner to others. They are abandoning the traditional canvas and instead using sometimes smaller but unexpected things. One artist who is actually famous for this is crafter Mary Kenyon from California. She uses real seashells and transforms them into…
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Fisherman Catches Rare “Cotton Candy” Lobster and Donates It To Marine Science Center
On a cold November day last year, lobsterman Robinson Russell was shocked to see what came up in his trap. “I live on a tiny island off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, called Grand Manan,” Russell said. “I have been fishing for over 20 years and it’s the first one I’ve ever seen of…
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National Geographic Releases “Planet or Plastic” Campaign and It Will Make You Sick
National Geographic magazine launched a shocking campaign called Planet or Plastic in 2018 with the intention of putting a major spotlight on the fact that there is far too much plastic in our environment. By showing the terrible effects plastic has on our flora and fauna, NatGeo hopes to change the ways consumers use plastic. “For…
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Architects Create Giant Sea Urchin Installations That Interact with Their Surroundings
Choi+Shine Architects have designed The Urchins, as part of an art installation for the recently held 2017 iLight Marina Bay Festival in Singapore. The Urchins were created in response to the festivals theme of biomimicry and sustainability. The three large Urchins were designed to interact with natural light during the day, and glow when illuminated…
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Short Film at the Start of Finding Dory Has Been Released and You Can Watch it FREE
If you watched Finding Dory at the movies when it was released earlier this year, you will have been entranced by the short filmed that played at the start of the film. It was Disney-Pixar’s newest animated short called ‘Piper’, and it tells the story of a hungry sandpiper learning to overcome her fear of the sea…
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Glass Vases and Sculptures That Capture the Beauty of Cascading Waves
If you are a fan of everything water, you will be mesmerised by the spectacular glass art of Californian husband and wife team Paul DeSomma and Marsha Blaker. Their latest works, based on cascading waves, display incredible detail, including gradient shades of cerulean and glistening surfaces that catch the light, to incredibly realistic bubbles and white crystallizations of…
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Mind-Bending 3D Beach Art By NZ Artist Jamie Harkins
Public sand art on beautiful beaches has been done before, but we’ve never seen anything quite like this before! Jamie Harkins, a talented artist and musician from New Zealand, has been keeping busy creating fun optical illusions and 3D images on beaches that keep passers-by bewildered and delighted. Harkins employs the same trick of perspective…
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Colorful Macro Photography of Coral by Felix Salazar
LA-based photographer and composer Felix Salazar recently captured some wonderful macro photographs of several inhabitants in his salt water aquariums. The shocking variety of color in his macro photographs makes the coral look like digital renderings, but Salazar assures us that each is a unique photo selected from hundreds of attempts to get just the right shot as he…