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I must express some apcipeiatron to this writer for rescuing me from this particular matter. Right after checking throughout the online world and obtaining principles that were not helpful, I was thinking my life was over. Being alive minus the approaches to the issues you've fixed all through your main guideline is a crucial case, and those that would have adversely damaged my career if I hadn't noticed your web blog. Your own personal expertise and kindness in controlling all the pieces was valuable. I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't come across such a solution like this. I'm able to at this moment look ahead to my future. Thanks very much for the expert and result oriented guide. I won't hesitate to propose your web page to anyone who ought to have counselling on this area.
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| number    = 731
 
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| date      = April 23, 2010
 
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| title    = Desert Island
 
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| image    = desert_island.png
 
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| titletext = Telescopes and bathyscapes and sonar probes of Scottish lakes, Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse explained with abstract phase-space maps, some x-ray slides, a music score, Minard's Napoleonic war: the most exciting new frontier is charting what's already here.
 
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==Explanation==
 
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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.
 
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==Transcript==
 
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[A man sits writing in a diary on a desert island, only the sandy tip of which with a palm tree on it stands above the water. Beneath the surface is a kelp forest, some sharks, a stingray, a shipwreck, a submarine, several large jellyfish, a giant squid fighting a sperm whale, a crashed plane, some coral formations, a thermal vent emitting a plume of smoke surrounded by several annelids, and a snail.]
 
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Man: Day 44: Still stranded, with nothing but flat empty water as far as the eye can see.
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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Revision as of 17:41, 5 January 2013

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