i would love to spend a decade on the thousands of indonesian islands... thats where they found the "hobbit" skeleton some years ago, and aren't many (most?) of the islands said to have been never explored?
This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July, 2010. They predicted on Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during their three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)
This image provided by NOAA shows an as-yet unidentified creature seen by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July, 2010. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program) #
This image provided by NOAA shows a deep-sea Chimera in waters off Indonesia in July, 2010. Chimeras are most closely related to sharks, although their evolutionary lineage branched off from sharks nearly 400 million years ago, and they have remained an isolated group ever since. According to scientists the lateral lines running across this chimera are mechano-receptors that detect pressure waves (like ears). The dotted-looking lines on the frontal portion of the face (near the mouth) are ampullae de lorenzini and detect perturbations in electrical fields generated by living organisms. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program) #