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es I love the sea. The sea is everything! It covers seven-tenths of the planet. Its breath is clean and healthy. It's an immense wilderness where a man is never lonely, because he feels life astir on every side. The sea is simply the vehicle for a prodigious, unearthly mode of existence; it's simply movement and love; it's living infinity. . . . The sea doesn't belong to tyrants. On its surface they can still exercise their iniquitous claims, battle each other, devour each other, haul every earthly horror. But thirty feet below sea level, their dominion ceases, their influence fades, their power vanishes! Ah, sir, live! Live in the heart of the seas! Here alone lies independence! Here I recognize no superiors! Here I'm free!"

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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absolutely love the ocean, especially deep ocean life. These are just some of my favorites - click on any picture to learn more about it!

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