YeinJee's Discovery Journal » Books and Literatures http://yeinjee.com/discovery Fun and discovery blog, with funny junk and bizarre stuff, as well as knowledge sharing in science and technology, history, geography, mysterious stuff, internet, gadgets, and the latest buzz. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:08:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Norbert Wu: Under Antarctic Ice http://yeinjee.com/discovery/norbert-wu-under-antarctic-ice/ http://yeinjee.com/discovery/norbert-wu-under-antarctic-ice/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:46:46 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/discovery/norbert-wu-under-antarctic-ice/ “Under Antarctic Ice: The Photographs of Norbert Wu” is a photo-book first published in 2004, with over 100s of photos taken by international renowned photographer Norbert Wu.

Emperor penguins at Antarctica
A group of Emperor penguins darts in the water; emperors can dive to 600m and stay underwater for 20 minutes (Courtesy of Time)


The book is a collection of amazing photographs taken in the water under the Antarctica ice, with strange life forms that we don’t normally see elsewhere.

Scyphomedusa, the largest plankton in Antarctica
A scyphomedusa, the largest plankton in the area, has tentacles over 9m in length and its bell can reach over 1m in diameter (Courtesy of Time)

Starfish attack
The omnivorous Odontaster validus, or red star, feeds on another sea star species, the larger Acodontaster conspicuus (Courtesy of Time)

[Buy Under Antarctic Ice: The Photographs of Norbert Wu]

More images and stories at Time [Hat tip to Hemmy]

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