Jurassic Ocean
by Miroslava Jurcik
Title
Jurassic Ocean
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
End of the 1st section of Sealife in Darling Harbour Sydney Australia, is the Jurassic oceans exhibit where you can find axolotl, an exotic amphibian that spends all of its life underwater, but also the horseshoe crab whose ancestors go back 445 million years, Mudskippers, skull of a plesiosaur and other unusual creatures that lived in pre-historic times.
During the Jurassic period (199.6 million to 145.5 million years ago) Earth's climate changed from hot and dry to humid and subtropical which gave rise to lush vegetation and abundant life. Many new dinosaurs emerged in great numbers.
During this period oceans, especially the newly formed shallow interior seas, teemed with diverse and abundant life. At the top of the food chain were the long-necked and paddle-finned plesiosaurs, giant marine crocodiles, sharks, and rays. Fishlike ichthyosaurs, squid like cephalopods, and coil-shelled ammonites were abundant. Coral reefs grew in the warm waters, and sponges, snails, and mollusks flourished. Microscopic, free-floating plankton proliferated and may have turned parts of the ocean red.
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December 30th, 2018
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Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your amazing artwork on the homepage of the Artist Group No Place Like Home, 2/08/2019! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Morris Finkelstein
Wonderful photograph of a colorful museum exhibit with great light and shadows, perspective, and composition, Miroslava! F/L
Guido Strambio
Magnificent and unique capture, so bright and colorful against the dark background! l/f
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