Sunday, January 23, 2022

A Bed of Roses

An underwater mapping project recently took an unexpected twist off the coast of Tahiti, where deep-sea explorers last week discovered a huge coral reef resembling a bed of roses. It appeared to be unscathed by climate change.

Some even described the condition of the reef, deep in the crystalline waters of the South Pacific, as "pristine."

The reef occupies an area of the ocean known as the mesophotic zone, where light penetration is significantly diminished.

Well that sheds light on the concepts of light and dark and their relative value.

12 Comments:

Blogger Tseka said...

Beautiful!

This planet! A jewel in a fluid sky.

23/1/22 5:39 PM  
Blogger Tseka said...

I was just watching clips of the Canadian truckers heading to Ottawa.
People crowed on overpasses in the cold weak light of morning waving them on!

Your trucker kinfolk dear T are traveling with the prayers of the people to end the madness.

On Conservative Treehouse Twitter if inclined.

23/1/22 5:43 PM  
Blogger jm said...

Of course! Conservative Treehouse is my hang-out. They keep up.

This planet indeed, not to forget the stars! Jupiter in Pisces. The gifts start. Explorations take on an added dimension. Jupiter as deep sea diver. He loves a new adventure, even if he needs a special suit to keep his fire burning.

23/1/22 6:10 PM  
Blogger jm said...

So astrology is based on "as above so below." Same thing with earth and sea? How did a rose get down there?

23/1/22 6:16 PM  
Blogger jm said...

Gallivanting Joop! Love 'm.

23/1/22 6:26 PM  
Blogger Tseka said...

Jupiter's suit apparently has some leaks...that volcano off Tonga was one big eruption

It all kinda fits with the expanding earth theory.

24/1/22 3:37 PM  
Blogger Tseka said...

Venus Mars and Pluto joining forces soon at the sensitive degrees in Pluto is bound to bring more booms.

24/1/22 3:39 PM  
Blogger jm said...

I read a fascinating article on carbon and earthly volcanic activity related to a former Greenpeace activist.

"Carbon is abundant in our planet and is released into the atmosphere through vulcanism. Volcanos have erupted since the early formation of the Earth. The more active the volcanos, the more CO2 in the atmosphere. Mammalian life has lived through millions of years with atmospheric CO2 levels at 2,000 ppm and even higher. It makes no sense that the current level of 415 ppm is somehow dangerous. On the contrary, one might argue that it is dangerously low."

A mental curve

Let the blessed volcanoes erupt! Try and stay out of harm's way as the earth does what it does. Booms and busts forever. Always running for shelter, we poor naked creatures are.

24/1/22 4:09 PM  
Blogger jm said...

"We know that carbon is stored in fossil fuels and in living and dead plants. Did you know that plants and soil contain twice as much carbon as the atmosphere? The ocean holds 45 times the carbon as the atmosphere does. The really surprising thing is that 100 million billion tons of carbon are stored in carbonaceous rocks, such as marble, limestone, and chalk, which are the fossilized remains of ancient sea animals that could make their own protective shells. This is 118,000 times the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. These are all referred to as carbon sinks. Carbon is predominantly being absorbed rather than released into the atmosphere, and this may be the real global threat."

Fortunately, the earth is in charge and knows what it's doing. We scamper about for safety, And even find it.

24/1/22 4:15 PM  
Blogger jm said...

Life is a series of adjusting pressures. All in perfect sequence. Great composer the earth hired.

24/1/22 4:24 PM  
Blogger Tseka said...

The SO2 is really the greater worry in an eruption. But even tho Tonga volcano was a massive boom very low sulphur was emitted. Nor ash for that matter. I was around when St Helen's blew up it spewed a lot of ash i to the air.

It's a world full of variables. No taming it even though we think we can. Uranus in Taurus may help us wise up about living with surprising changes.

24/1/22 6:42 PM  
Blogger jm said...

The low CO2 level, if true, has my attention.

24/1/22 9:57 PM  

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