KJBishop.net » Nature http://kjbishop.net K.J. Bishop's home on the web Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Enypniastes http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:15:22 +0000 kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/?p=2422 Nature is awesome…

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Transparent sea cucumber Enypniastes, via oceanleadership.org

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And while I’m doing pretties, a dreamlike flower with hummingbirds by Martin Johnson Heade.

And for the cute, a sea pig…

And for the weird… as Stu said, these people obviously aren’t marine biologists.

]]> http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html/feed 6 Old Japanese toy paintings http://kjbishop.net/2009/08/21/old-japanese-toy-paintings.html http://kjbishop.net/2009/08/21/old-japanese-toy-paintings.html#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:30:06 +0000 kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/?p=2153 The Ningyo-do Bunko Database is an online collection of over 5000 watercolour paintings by Kawasaki Kyosen (1877-1942) of antique Japanese toys and folk craft items. (Via Pink Tentacle, which naturally enough focuses on octopus-themed works.) Click on kyosen gangucho and gangucho to go to the indexes. Each link in the indexes takes you to a book’s worth of images.

A few pictures from the collection:

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Also from Pink Tentacle, tangible holograms using focused ultrasonic waves, and translucent CG flowers by illustrator Macoto Murayama. Murayama’s translucent images highlight the geometrical structure in the beauty of flowers.

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And while I’m linking, from the BBC, do seals navigate by the stars?

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