“The coral zoophyte may be leveled by transported masses swept over by the waters; yet like the trodden sod, it sprouts again, and continues to grow and flourish as before.” MayGrowsWaterNatureMassSproutsSod Book:Corals and Coral Islands Source: Corals and Coral Islands
“For nine miles along a submerged ridge, the corals rise in lumpy hillocks that spread out 100 yards or more, resembling heaped scoops of rainbow sherbet and Neapolitan ice cream. The mounds, some 100 feet tall, sprout delicate treelike gorgonians that sift currents for a plankton meal. Fish, worms and other creatures dart or crawl in every crevice. This description could apply to thousands of coral reefs in shallow, sun-streaked tropical waters from Australia to the Bahamas. But this is the Sula Ridge, 1,000 feet down in frigid darkness on the continental shelf 100 miles off Norway's coast.” WaterNatureDarknessSunFeetCreaturesFishesCurrentsSpreadMilesNineIceMealsDescriptionAustraliaTallDelicateRainbowCreamYardsShallowShelvesCoastWormsIce CreamTropicalSproutsReefsNorwayRidgesSubmergedContinentalFrigidCreviceBahamasCoral ReefsPlanktonSherbet Author:James Dwight Dana
“Most agreeable are the memories of events and labours, connected with the cruise:- of companions in travel, ... of coral islands with their groves, and beautiful life, above and below the waters, ... of lofty precipices, richly draped, even the sternest fronts made to smile and be glad, as delights the gay tropics, and alive with waterfalls, gliding, leaping, or plunging, on their way down from the giddy heights, and, as they go, playing out and in amid the foliage...” WayMadeBeautifulWaterNatureMemoriesAliveFrontsEventsGayDelightConnectedGladHeightIslandsLabourCompanionLoftyBeautiful LifeCruiseWaterfallsPrecipiceGroveGiddyFoliageTropicsGlidingAbove And Below Author:James Dwight Dana
