March 2011
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Sea Ghosts
Roundbelly Cowfish or Transparent Boxfish
A photographer’s strobe gives a violet sheen to this translucent juvenile roundbelly cowfish off the coast of Kona, Hawaii. Also known as the transparent boxfish, the roundbelly cowfish has two short horns in front of its eyes.
Open-ocean Octopus
A pelagic, or open-ocean, octopus gives off a neon glow in Hawaii. Most species of octopus have no...
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February 2011
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Ghost Dog: Why this katana-swinging hitman is an... →
That’s kind of the point. Jarmusch’s suggesting that there really are Ghost Dogs are out there. They’re minotaurs in the metropolis, and the rest of us are too wrapped up in our own daily nonsense to see them.
This article touches on some great concepts, ‘cryptoanthropology’ and ‘phantom geography’ in particular. My own stories take place in...
