In fact, you might be bored right now.
That might be why you are here, browsing this blog instead of working on that presentation, or shoveling snow, or blogging yourself (go blog yourself?)
So, if you are bored, might as well go Deep, and give yourself a chance (a very small one, mind) of participating in the discovery of new life.
ORCA, the Ocean Research and Conservation Association, has a streaming web camera - it's 'Eye-in-the-Sea', planted at the bottom of the ocean, 3000 feet down, off the coast of Monterey, California. The 'Eye' brings you live black and white images of whatever creatures swim/float/undulate by.
A friend of mine sent me the link to this site, with the best of intentions I am sure. Of course, he didn't figure on me being the easily bored type (which I most definitely am), and had no idea of the damage he would be causing. I assume I will tire of this deep watch at some point, but for now I am hooked.
It's a small price to pay for a chance at a new discovery. (I see a Nobel in my future ...)
[Note: I am watching the 'Eye' as I type and I am seeing what appears to be a sea-snake. Dorso-ventrally flattened and with a slightly widened 'paddle' tail. It undulated into view and now sits coiled with head facing the camera. Never heard of sea-snakes in cold, deep water, and snakes would need to surface to breath, so it must be an eel or a mighty strange, elongated fish, but it looks just like a sea-snake. Trust me.]
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