My Frozen Land

Blood Flow in a Fin

This award-winning video shows blood flowing through the tail fin of a small fish. Cells flow outward in a central vessel, then split to either side for the return journey. (Video and image credit: F. Weston for the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition; via Colossal) Read the full article

The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants, Aristid Lindenmayer and Przemysław Prusinkiewicz.

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Daily fish fact #360

Glasshead barreleye!

This deep sea fish has essentially two pairs of eyes! Along with its main pair of eyes, it has two round, light-collecting mirror organs on the sides of its head which even have a kind of retina! With its four eyes, the fish can see shadows from above and bioluminescence from sides and below!

Deep-sea double helix 🧬 

Salps are gelatinous invertebrates that live in the open ocean but are closely related to the “sea squirts” (tunicates) seen in tidepools. They are found abundantly throughout the world’s ocean.⁠ ⁠ Salp species in the genus Helicosalpa are among the most rarely observed and collected salps. This species, Helicosalpa virgula, was captured on camera by our remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts at 282 meters (925 feet) deep.

Help by Hamza Kulenovic

Galileo Galilei, February 15, 1564 / 2019

(image: Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, facsimile of the 1610 edition)

Appleseed (2004)

✧･ﾟ♡*don't forget to stay hydrated*♡✧･ﾟ✧

Kyle Mjoen