Scanned images of seaweed

April 9, 2014 8:23 AM

Such as Ulva lobata from Josie Iselin's new book An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed.
Feather boa kelp - Egregia menziesii
Sea grapes - Botryocladia pseudodichotoma

The Smithsonian Ocean website has some sea animals in seaweed images. And the Seaweed Site has a lot of seaweed information.

posted by ChuckRamone (4 comments total)

I particularly like the headline "Do you know any seaweeds?" from the Seaweed Site. Now I do! Thanks.
posted by knownassociate at 9:22 AM on April 9, 2014

Is there such a thing as a seaweed dilettante or aficionado or anorak or dabbler or connoisseur? I want to become one.
posted by ChuckRamone at 11:25 AM on April 9, 2014 [2 favorites]

Thanks! I know Josie from college and she's a very cool person.

The interesting thing about her work is that she doesn't use cameras - just a flatbed scanner.
posted by msalt at 12:46 PM on April 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

I am a swimmer fond of chilly salt water, and I must say that what looks pretty in a scanner can be yucky, clingy and nasty when wrapped around one's ankle.

They really are quite lovely in these images. Thanks for posting.
posted by kinnakeet at 2:33 PM on April 9, 2014