Words from Santayana, Rachel Carson,Shakespeare, and Paolini bring Life to Still Photos

Mother and calf Sperm Whales communicate with song.

“The earth has music for those who listen.” 

                                                              

                                                                                          George Santayana

                                                             A school of barracuda circle in a crystal sea.

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” 

                                                                                        Rachel Carson, 'Silent Spring'

 

 A tiny island floats in the incredible blue of the Andaman Sea.

“I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.” 

                                                            William Shakespeare

 A young Whale Shark swims slowly through tropical waters as it feeds on plankton.

“The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.” 

                                                                                                 Christopher Paolini, 'Eragon'

 

The octopus is the 'wizard' of color change and disguise; flamboyant one moment and hidden the next.

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The Water Planet

Had humans evolved on the Moon and decided to settle here they would have called this place “Water” and not “Earth”.

                                            Dr Gerald Goeden

An elegant feather star

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Henry David Thoreau and the Need for Wilderness

Sunset over the Andaman Sea

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” 
                                  

                                                                                                              Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"                                                    

Fire Coral

“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.” 

                                                                                     Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

Crown of Thorns Starfish

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Now that more than half of the world's fish are farmed we have to live with the consequences of what we have done.

In looking at fish farming technology and its use in manipulating nature I am reminded of the words of author, Kristin Cast. We have created “A double-edged sword, One side destroys, One side releases….” The question is, are we able to change the direction of its swing before we exterminate some of the world’s most valued fish?

                                               Dr. Gerald Goeden, The Epoch Times

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Coral Reefs Are Now The World's Most Endangered Ecosystem

Where nature is concerned we just have to understand that most of the time we don’t understand. We can’t go into an ecological system that evolved hundreds of millions of years before man set foot on the planet and think we can exploit it however we wish and that it will simply cope with our being there. 

                                                         Dr. Gerald Goeden, The Epoch Times

     

                                              

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"Julian Huxley was a truly inspirational scientist", Gerald Goeden.

"The space and resources of our planet are limited...

 Some we must set aside for the satisfaction of man's material's needs - for food, raw materials and energy...

But we must set aside others for more ultimate satisfactions - the enjoyment of unspoilt nature and fine scenery, the interest of wildlife, travel, satisfying recreation, and beauty in the place of ugliness in human building."

                                                                                                        Julian Huxley 1957

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