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I Want to Watch the World Burn
Every night the sun lights the sky on fire. A glowing ball of fire sinking slowly behind the horizon, lighting up the sky and everything it touches. All of the world turns bloody in the crimson glow of the setting sun. It burns so bright that people stop what they are doing to take notice. They stare, they take pictures, they tell all their family and friends to go and look at the sunset. It burns so bright so fast that it leaves everything in darkness. It is as if though universe is so stunned by the beauty that it needs time to contemplate and revel in the fire. The darkness is there to preserve the beauty that the sun created.
By Adaline Archer5 years ago in Earth
Amazing creatures that live in the deep sea
Start writing... Man is now about to touch Mars. The moon is about to touch again. But not much is known about the deep ocean around our planet.Deep-sea astronauts are just as lucky as some astronauts who go into space. Despite knowledge of deep-sea fish and other organisms, deep-sea creatures are still being explored.Vampire Squid.This animal is very attractive. But it is very rare to see this with the naked eye. They survive at a depth of about three thousand meters under the sea. The eye of this animal is amazing. This animal can also look like an umbrella.As well as being able to turn from a different angle and look like another creature. It must have got that name because it looks like a vampire bat. This animal is often found in the tropics and associated deep seas. This is how it looks.Can live at very low oxygen levels without any problems depending on.Pacific Viperfish.This animal is about 1 foot [30 cm] long. It has a mouth that can be opened wide compared to the body. It has very sharp teeth like thorns. This animal lives in the deep sea from two hundred to one thousand five hundred meters. Ordinary divers cannot see these animals. These animals can be seen on special deep sea voyages.Wolffish.Found in normal water, this fish can live up to 600 meters deep. It eats small animals such as small mollusks and shrimp. This wolf is often found on the Scandinavian coast and the Mediterranean Sea. This fish has a large set of front teeth. As a result, this fish looks like an animal with a set of human teeth.Giant Tube Worms.These are a kind of worm-like species that live in large colonies. These worms live in large numbers in the cold, low oxygen and dark environment of the deep sea. They are found in the deep sea from 2000 to 3600 meters.These tube worms often live in deep-sea areas rich in minerals. Because they absorb the mineral by bacteria.If these worm colonies are associated with volcanic eruptions under the sea, they will die without being able to withstand the high temperatures of the volcanic eruption. But it has been found that these re-emerge after recycling.Six-Gill Shark.This shark comes during the day in Vancouver, Canada. But they can go up to 2500 meters at night in search of food. It can grow up to 4.8 meters in length and feed on other sharks, crabs, seals and small sea creatures. These animals are also considered to be living fossil fish. This is because the shape of this fish is similar to the ancient fish found in ancient fossils.Giant Spider Crab.This giant spider crab is the largest arthropod of the genus Arthropods. This crab can live up to a depth of 300 meters. These crabs are mostly found in the Sea of Japan. Large crabs up to 3.7 m in size are found. One of their ovaries is more than 1.5 meters long.It is also known as the spider crab due to its long, thin claws. They are different from ordinary crabs. In some cases the total weight of this animal may be more than 20 kg.Frilled Shark.People once believed that creatures lived only in the upper part of the ocean. But today it is known that many creatures live at depths of several hundred feet below the water level. The majority of these species are diverse fish. We call these deep sea fish. Deep-sea fish come in a variety of colors depending on the depth at which they live.
By Zarinabanu Zarinabanu5 years ago in Earth
I Was A Vegan Until I Ate An Egg
Who would have thought a video about an egg would go viral on social media? To be fair, a picture of an egg did go viral a few years back and became the most liked photo on Instagram, but this scenario was a bit different. Let me explain.
By Farmer Nick5 years ago in Earth
Changing times
And so the next World War was waged; not with guns or bombs, or tanks or planes, but with manipulative, well-rehearsed and well-researched mind control of the masses. A ceaseless propagation of fear and insidious suspicion of our neighbours, our families, our friends. We drank it down greedily, this daily fix of the macabre pantomime, and waited to be told just what to do next.
By Rebecca Haynes5 years ago in Earth
Environ-mental & Refuse
My personal journey into environmentalism started very early right after my parents divorced. My father then lived with my grandmother I would regularly visit them on the weekends. My grandmother was a child of the great depression and as such taught me the value of things, of not wasting! Over the years she instilled these habits into me. I often watched as the world around me became steadily less focused on fixing things to a throw-away society of over-packaging and cheaply designed obsolescence. Woven into the fabric of these things came a time of the loss of pride in manufacturing and slowly drifted into a loss of pride in workmanship this became the age of outsourcing and employer and employee loyalty slowly declined (and still is in my opinion) This first poem was written in these reflections...
By Robert Trakofler5 years ago in Earth
Road Trip Lessons
Sam stared out the car window with a vacant expression, one earbud in, trying to ignore the world around him. Was this really happening? Were his parents really dragging him on a weekend road trip across the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway just for some “bonding time?” This was a setup. Sam didn’t want anything to do with his parents. He wanted to spend some time with his friends on Pearl Street, but no, Mom and Dad had to yank him out of Boulder to take him on a tour of “interesting historical landmarks.” Great, so basically a bunch of old, rotting buildings. It sounded like the trip of a lifetime.
By Jamie Lammers5 years ago in Earth
The Wild Life On Your Door Step
When I first saw the title of this challenge 'Capture the Wild' I was quite attracted to the theme. The only problem was that I lived very far from any notable wild life, or at least I thought I did. One thing I have come to realise is that no matter where you live, there is always some form of notable wildlife a lot closer than you think, like right on your doorstep or even inside your house. In my case I even had a close encounter in my bed!
By Liam Ireland5 years ago in Earth
Thrift Booking and the Environmental Impact of Print Books
For as long as I can remember, I have never had an issue with “hand-me-down” clothes or clothes bought at a thrift shop. Not because I was thinking about the environment, but because I hate shopping. If someone gave me clothes that they no longer wanted or needed, I was ecstatic. They were new to me and free and I didn’t even have to leave my house to get them. As I entered my 20’s though, I started to be more environmentally conscious. I started recycling and began to want to live a more minimalist lifestyle, but I wasn’t to the point that I was researching anything or realizing just how big of an impact I had on this earth. I knew about carbon emissions and our carbon footprint and climate change, but I never looked into just how much of our things end up in landfills or in the ocean and how those affect ecosystems, our water, the air, etc. In fact, it wasn’t until recently that I started researching these things and I’ve never been more grateful that I never cared much about whether my clothes were brand new or not. However, although I thought about writing an article on thrift shopping and the environment, I decided that I wanted to dive into a part of thrift shopping that we don’t often hear about, and that is thrift booking and the environmental impact of print books.
By Hannah Stanton5 years ago in Earth
