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This is a series of very, very short items that have nothing to do with the current news agenda. Swift diversions for a moment or two.
Apropos of Nothing #2 - 19 April 1927
On this day in 1927, the zoologist William Beebe was nearing the end of his stay in Haiti when he paused on the seabed for a moment's contemplation. A pioneer of underwater exploration, he was perpetually fascinated by the play of colours beneath the waves.
"The view from beneath was of green, wrinkled, translucent ceiling cloth, never still for a moment, crinkling, uncrinkling, waving and flapping as in a breeze, or rather cross breezes."
"The view from beneath was of green, wrinkled, translucent ceiling cloth, never still for a moment, crinkling, uncrinkling, waving and flapping as in a breeze, or rather cross breezes."
Sources: Beneath Tropic Seas;
The Traveller’s Handbook/Fergus Fleming/Atlantic Books/2012
The Traveller’s Handbook/Fergus Fleming/Atlantic Books/2012
William Beebe
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