Thursday, 8 March 2012

Pictures Tree plantation near Seix Pyrenees, France


Pictures Windmill amid fields, North Holland province, Netherlands


Pictures Masai cattle pan near Masaï Mara National Reserve, Kenya


Pictures Volcano of Rano Raraku national park of Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile


Pictures Islet and sea bed, Exuma Cays, Bahamas


Pictures Deforestation in the national parc of Los Haitises, Dominican Republic


Pictures Houses on stilts at Fisherman’s Point, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela


Pictures Town of Koh Pannyi Phand, Nga Nay, Thailand


Pictures The Arecibo radio telescope, Puerto Rico


Pictures Meanders in the Amazon River near Manaus, Brazil


Pictures Folgefonni Glacier on the high plateus of Norway


Pictures Fishing nets on the Beach, Saham, Oman


Pictures Grounded boat, Aral sea Aralsk region, Kazakhstan


Pictures Financial District, Manhattan New York, United States


Pictures Aligre market in the XII arrondissement, Paris, France


Pictures Boat near Tagbilaran Island of Bohol, Philippines


Pictures Charles de Gaulle Etoile square, Paris, France


Pictures Barringer Crater Near Flagstaff, Northern Arizona, United States


Pictures Unloading trucks in Lagos, Nigeria


Pictures The Corcovado overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


PicturesNorthern gannet colony, Eldey island, Iceland


Pictures Wollman rink in Central Park, New York City, United States


Pictures Storm over the Amazon Rainforest


Pictures Windmills of Banning Pass, Palm Springs, California, US


Pictures ctory on an island, east of Hiroshima Honshu Japan


Pictures Breeding near lake coleridge, New Zealand


Pictures Camels


Pictures Region of Kitaa, Groenland, Denmark


Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Prehistoric Frilled Shark

Flaring the gills that give the species its name, a frilled shark swims at Japan's Awashima Marine Park on Sunday, January 21, 2007. Sightings of living frilled sharks are rare, because the fish generally remain thousands of feet beneath the water's surface. Spotted by a fisher on January 21, this 5.3-foot (160-centimeter) shark was transferred to the marine park, where it was placed in a seawater pool. "We think it may have come to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," a park official told the Reuters news service. But the truth may never be known, since the "living fossil" died hours after it was caught.

Snaggletooth

Science experiment gone wrong? Sadly this is not the case. The Snaggletooth or Astronesthes slightly resembles the South American Payara without the charcoal finish and lack of scales. The Snaggletooth is a powerful predatory fish who resides in the deep waters between Australia and New Zealand.

Slander Lanternfish

The slender lanternfish are so abondant in the ocean that some people pretend they are the most common fish in the sea. Lanternfishes are recognised by their small light organs dotted along the undersides of their bodies.

Robot Fish


This one is a robo-carp you can observe at the London Aquarium. It’s a self-guided robot-fish who use artificial intelligence and sensors to avoid obstacles . It’s a 50cm long common carp, swimming with thei living counterparts.

Lumpfish

The longest lumpfish so far recorded from the American coast measured 23 inches, and weighed 13¼ pounds; the heaviest weighed 20 pounds but measured only 21½ inches (both from Orient, N. Y.), and the proportion of weight to length varies similarly in smaller fish.

Longlure Frogfish

The Longlure frogfish are found in tropical oceans and seas around the world. They are small fish with large odd looking heads. They are mostly bottom-dwelling fishes that are well camouflaged; they employ the first dorsal spine as a fishing lure to attract prey.

Longhorn Cowfish

The longhorn cowfish are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Their flesh is poisonous and would not make for a very good meal !

Lionfish

A distinguishing feature of the Lionfish is its large fan-like pectoral fins. They are potentially dangerous, not only to the smaller fish the prey upon, but to humans, as well. The spines on its dorsal fins contain a strong poison, which is perhaps one reason they are totally unafraid of divers.

Leafy Sea Dragon

Sea Dragons are arguably the most spectacular and mysterious of all ocean fish. Leafy Sea Dragons are very interesting to watch– the leafy appendages are not used for movement. The body of a sea dragon scarcely appears to move at all.

Giant Hatchetfish

The giant hatchetfish is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, except the north Pacific. Its length is between 8 and 12 cm. The giant hatchetfish is a deep-bodied species with large eyes that are directed upwards, enabling prey to be silhouetted against the faint light coming from the surface, and a large mouth also directed upwards

Fangtooth Fish


Eelpout

The eelpouts are a family of perciform ray-finned fish They are found in Arctic and Antarctic.

Dumbo Octopu

The deep-sea “Dumbo” octopus got its nickname from the ear-like fins protruding from the top of their “heads” (actually bodies), resembling the ears of Walt Disney ’s flying elephant . They are benthic creatures, living at extreme depths, and are some of the rarest of the Octopoda species.

Deep-sea stargazer

Stargazers are a family of muscular bulldog-like fishes that typically bury in the seafloor and ambush passing prey. Stargazers are the ultimate ambush predator, with the eye sets on top of the head allowing it to be almost completely hidden. This is combined with an electrical capability which can be used to stun its prey.

Deep-Sea Lizardfish

The Deep-Sea Lizardfish, is a member of the Synodontidae family, it is found throughout the world in tropical and subtropical seas at depths of between 600 and 3,500 m. It is considered as an ambush predator hunting in the abyssal seafloor and devouring prey with its razor sharp barbed teeth.

Deep-sea glass squid

A martian? No, it’s the glass squid. This odd looking creature is located in the southern hemisphere and is the prey of many deep sea fish (ex: goblin sharks), whales and oceanic seabirds.

Coelacanth


They are the oldest kind of fish we know on earth. They were believed to be extinct before fisherman captured a couple of them in the 1930s.

Clown Triggerfish

The Clown Triggerfish or Big-spotted Triggerfish is one of the most spectacular looking marine species. This species grows to 50 cm in length and is usually found in the warm parts of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Even though its appearance is quite innocent; this fish is an aggressive carnivore that primarily preys on shelled invertebrates.

Black Swallower

The black swallower (Chiasmodon niger) is a deep sea fish that has the ability to extend its stomach 3 times its size so that it can swallow fish that are bigger than itself. It can be found in deep seas up to 1,500 meters or in hot tropical waters. It creates its own light because of the darkness found in some parts of the Pelagic zone. The black swallower can grow up to 25 centimeters.

Black Chimaera

Chimaeras are related to both sharks and rays. They are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. Chimaeras grow up to two meters long, are found in the ocean floors and have a venomous spine which they use for defense purposes.

Axolotl


You can learn more on this amphibian called axolotl on http://www.axolotl.org/ . This one is in the same family than the tiger salamander. The only place on earth you can find those one are at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico.

Atlantic Wolffish

The Atlantic Wolffish is a large bottom-dwelling predatory marine fish. The species is widely distributed across the North Atlantic.