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Saturday, July 19, 2008, 8:09 PM
ever heard of the term Summer Snow? you must be thinking :that's impossible! summer and snow dont go together! but i recently discovered that there's actually such a thing as summer snow! it's actually snow in the ocean. marine snow consists of "the tiny leftovers of animals, plants, and non-living matter in the ocean's sun-suffused upper zones. Among these particles are chains of single-celled plants called diatoms, shreds of zooplankters' mucous food traps, soot, fecal pellets, dust motes, radioactive fallout, sand grains, pollen, and pollutants. Microorganisms also live inside and on top of these odd-shaped flakes."
Marine snow is everywhere in the ocean. Sometimes, it reaches blizzard proportions, and divers cannot see beyond a few feet. Measured in millimeters, the marine snowflakes are much larger than the average interplanetary dust particles (but of course interplanetary dust itself is also a constituent of marine snow). The bigger marine snowflakes -- over 0.5 mm -- are a major food source for deep-sea denizens waiting below for this manna from the watery heaven.
call me weird or something, but i'm actually quite fascinated with that! haha now i know why some ppl enjoy scuba diving so much. there's just so many miracles to be discovered in the ocean! i've always thought that scuba diving was fun, according to a friend of mine who dives, i dont exactly need to be a strong swimmer cause well you're given an oxygen tank so basically you just have to kick about and you're done! maybe i should sign up for diving lessons after As, then hopefully by the start of next year, i'll be able to scuba dive! omg omg, so exciting, cant wait!!
it's summer snow in the deep blue sea
