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Jason deCaires Taylor’s installation of nearly 500 five-ton concrete renditions of people from a nearby fishing village in Museo Subacuático de Arte, Cancún, Mexico. These haunting denizens of the deep hope to lighten the tourism tracks to the neighboring Mesoamerican Reef in an intersection of modern art and conservation.
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![The brittle star, Ophiothela mirabilis, previously restricted to the Pacific, has recently been found as far as Caribbean reefs in the Atlantic Ocean. Hitch-hiking invasive species such as this have the potential to inflict billions of dollars of damages to the economy.
(via Natural History Museum LA; photo by vivekk00)
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The brittle star, Ophiothela mirabilis, previously restricted to the Pacific, has recently been found as far as Caribbean reefs in the Atlantic Ocean. Hitch-hiking invasive species such as this have the potential to inflict billions of dollars of damages to the economy.
(via Natural History Museum LA; photo by vivekk00)
[ Visit the reefs in theBlu! ]
![The Imperial Shag can plunge up to 150 feet into the ocean in 40 seconds! They’d win the bird Olympics for sure. Dive with the shag in this roller coaster first-person divingcam here.
cormorants take flight by elcalvo on flickr.
[ you, too, can dive into the ocean, with theblu, a free interactive ocean app. Download it and follow our blog if you love the ocean! ]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m857qcgRVc1rbbv6fo1_500.jpg)
The Imperial Shag can plunge up to 150 feet into the ocean in 40 seconds! They’d win the bird Olympics for sure. Dive with the shag in this roller coaster first-person divingcam here.
cormorants take flight by elcalvo on flickr.
[ you, too, can dive into the ocean, with theblu, a free interactive ocean app. Download it and follow our blog if you love the ocean! ]
