Tiffany conch and diamond Chrysanthemum Brooch ~ what do you call an octopus with 31 legs?
If you think that this Tiffany & Co. brooch looks more like an octopus than a chrysanthemum, your instincts might not be too far off:
Its petals are carved from a single conch shell, and the piece has an exquisite and rare conch diamond weighing in at 25 carats. This is one of those crazy pieces [...]
Humans are to blame for coral reef degradation
According to AFP and a study released on January 9, 2008, the degradation and destruction of the coral reefs is caused by human settlements, including coastal development and agricultural.
The full article on coral reef degradation is available here.
Campbell’s Soup ~ Chef adds sea salt
You may have seen the television and prints ads with this guy in them. He’s the Campbell’s Soup chef just hoping to add a bit of the oceans to your soup.
Creatures from the depths of the oceans video
Some amazing creatures await:
Right?
Sony Bravia ~ bunnies wave to a whale
I didn’t expect this Sony Bravia bunny commercial to resurface this year, but Wired has posted it as one of "The 10 Best Gadget Ads of 2007":
The weird part is that when I originally watched this I figured that it was a bunny ad that would probably have no significance to the Rapidsea cause (even [...]
Lego Aqua Raiders
One of the great toy finds of the year is definitely the Lego Aqua Raiders sets. Here’s one with an amazing Lego skeleton in the lower right-hand corner:
I wonder if it draws its inspiration from Pirates of the Caribbean on some level. I’d like to think that Disney doesn’t dictate most toy evolutions.
The box set [...]
White House Christmas Cards
The oceans, for many, are a veritable masterpiece of god, and this year The White House Christmas card featured the seas in a verse from the New International Version of the Bible.
It’s Nehemiah 9:6, which reads:
You alone are the LORD.
You made the heavens, even the highest heavens,
and all their starry host, the earth and all [...]
Environmental Graffiti: Australia Goes Green With Anti-Whaling Action and Fake Fish Flinging
Australians fling fish?
Umm, okay.
Read it here at Environmental Graffiti.
Maybe their Navy could fling some fake whales at the Japanese whaling research ships. As for me, I’m going to go throw some cans of tuna to see how strong I am.
YouTube on the Helio Ocean
The Helio Ocean not only supports easier Googling, but now it can interact with YouTube better too according to CrunchGear. We tend to agree with them that “the Ocean, with Helio’s service, is the device to watch, and every time an improvement like this hits the hardware, we’re proven a little bit more correct.” [...]
Gillette Clinical Strength Antiperspirant
Gillette may have scientifically proven how Moses parted the Red Sea. It apparently wasn’t a miracle after all. Their Clinical Strength antiperspirant has some ingredient that will clear a perfect pentagon in any tropical waters it touches.
Do you think they chose a pentagon for any particular reason? Is it the chemical representation [...]
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