Comments on: Wetting My Toes http://deepseanews.com/2006/12/wetting-my-toes/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: CR McClain http://deepseanews.com/2006/12/wetting-my-toes/comment-page-1/#comment-4 CR McClain Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:36:49 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2006/12/wetting-my-toes/#comment-4 Hooked is that a pun! Thanks for the nice welcoming Katherine. Hooked is that a pun! Thanks for the nice welcoming Katherine.

]]> By: Dave Carlson http://deepseanews.com/2006/12/wetting-my-toes/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dave Carlson Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:24:46 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2006/12/wetting-my-toes/#comment-3 Deep-sea biology? I think I Deep-sea biology? I think I

]]> By: Katherine Sharpe http://deepseanews.com/2006/12/wetting-my-toes/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Katherine Sharpe Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:59:41 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/2006/12/wetting-my-toes/#comment-2 Welcome, Steve and Peter! FWIW, I used to watch a lot of science shows when I was a little kid. Many of them were about the deep ocean. (It was the early '80s, and I think that PBS was a little bit in love by the new possibilties in underwater photography.) I recall having the same relationship to those uder-sea moving pictures that some kids probably had to horror movies: they both thrilled and scared me. I couldn't stop looking at the brain corals, the barnacle- and seaweed-encrusted hulls of sunken ships, the waving fronds of kelp. It looked cold in there, and dark, and...strange. But I couldn't stop watching. So I'm looking forward to reading and having you shed some light on a place I've long found intimidating and fascinating. Welcome, Steve and Peter!

FWIW, I used to watch a lot of science shows when I was a little kid. Many of them were about the deep ocean. (It was the early ’80s, and I think that PBS was a little bit in love by the new possibilties in underwater photography.) I recall having the same relationship to those uder-sea moving pictures that some kids probably had to horror movies: they both thrilled and scared me. I couldn’t stop looking at the brain corals, the barnacle- and seaweed-encrusted hulls of sunken ships, the waving fronds of kelp. It looked cold in there, and dark, and…strange. But I couldn’t stop watching.

So I’m looking forward to reading and having you shed some light on a place I’ve long found intimidating and fascinating.

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