Allaintoin

Gerrit Dou (1613-1675) “Scholar sharpening a quill pen” (1633) Oil on panel Dutch Golden Age Part of the Leiden Collection but currently on view at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Omaha Beach

French PDO cheese map.

The Sea View of Cliffs, Guy Rose

Medium: oil,canvas

Animal plays Ludwig!

Bretagne

Our most recent addition to the deep-sea-animals-you've-never-heard-of collection—a pelagic ribbon worm, Phallonemertes sp.⁠

Nemerteans are neither worms nor fish, although they look a bit like both. They are unique enough to belong in their own phylum. Most nemerteans burrow in sediments or between crevices in rocks, shells, and other seafloor habitats, but some, like this one, live in the open ocean, never touching the seafloor.

Nemerteans range in length from a few millimeters to 30 meters stretched (nearly 100 feet) in length (most species commonly measure about 20 centimeters, just about eight inches, or less).

The Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1873, Arnold Bocklin

Medium: oil,canvas

Ice Crystal - 231204