A collection of gorgeous images via Julia Whitty. Julia is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction (Deep Blue Home, The Fragile Edge, A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga), and a former documentary filmmaker specializing in science and the natural world. She blogs at Deep Blue Home. Read her recent articles too: Japan’s Radioactive Ocean and BP vs the Dwarf Seahorse, Mother Jones. – Ilene
FRIDAY BRAIN CANDY: THE COSMIC OCEAN
Courtesy of Julia Whitty of Deep Blue Home
Lagoon Nebula. Via APOD. Credit & Copyright: Russell Croman.
Breaking waves in the Lagoon Nebula. Via the Hubbard Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA.
Seagull Nebula. Via WISE (Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA.
Phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. Via the Earth Observatory. Credit: NASA, Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team.