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This comic is making the point that there is a wonderful world waiting to be explored in the ocean. From above it seems so plain, endless, and boring. But underneath the surface lies the most unexplored area on the planet. This comic is a commentary on the need to head below the waves and start exploring. | This comic is making the point that there is a wonderful world waiting to be explored in the ocean. From above it seems so plain, endless, and boring. But underneath the surface lies the most unexplored area on the planet. This comic is a commentary on the need to head below the waves and start exploring. | ||
| − | [[Cueball]] sits writing in a diary on a desert island which is really a mountain of which only the sandy tip with a palm tree on it stands above the water. | + | [[Cueball]] sits (maybe writing in a diary?) on a desert island which is really a mountain of which only the sandy tip with a palm tree on it stands above the water. Beneath the surface is: |
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| − | Beneath the surface is: | ||
* A kelp forest | * A kelp forest | ||
* Three sharks | * Three sharks | ||
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*Some Scottish loch are very deep, especially those in the {{w|Great Glen}}. There may also be a reference to the famous {{w|Loch Ness}}. | *Some Scottish loch are very deep, especially those in the {{w|Great Glen}}. There may also be a reference to the famous {{w|Loch Ness}}. | ||
*The {{w|Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)|Tacoma Narrows Bridge}} collapsed when wind blowing over the bridge caused it to oscillate wildly. When the oscillations changed from one mode to another, they grew in amplitude until the bridge failed dramatically. | *The {{w|Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)|Tacoma Narrows Bridge}} collapsed when wind blowing over the bridge caused it to oscillate wildly. When the oscillations changed from one mode to another, they grew in amplitude until the bridge failed dramatically. | ||
| − | *{{w|Charles Joseph Minard|Charles Minard}} did a visualization of the losses incurred by | + | *{{w|Charles Joseph Minard|Charles Minard}} did a visualization of the losses incurred by Napoleons army in its attempt to conquer Russia. |
The title text itself is a poem that can be sung to the chanting, rhyming tune of {{w|Billy Joel}}'s hit {{w|We Didn't Start The Fire}}: | The title text itself is a poem that can be sung to the chanting, rhyming tune of {{w|Billy Joel}}'s hit {{w|We Didn't Start The Fire}}: | ||
