사진#01

지난달 22일 미국 멕시코만에서 심해를 탐사하던 NOAA(미국해양기상청)의 '오퍼레이션 딥 스코프 2005' 탐사팀이 해저 바닥에서 형광 상어를 발견했다고 7일 네이쳐지가 보도했다.

지난해 처음으로 목격됐으나 사진에 촬영되지 않은 형광성 상어는 올해 탐사 사진에 찍혀 많은 사람들의 관심을 모았는데 이는 몸길이가 1m가 조금 넘었으며 해저 탐사는 허리케인 캐트리나 때문에 중단됐다고 한다.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0907_050907_glowingshark.html


Fluorescent Shark Caught on Film

September 7, 2005—Science never sleeps, even when facing down a hurricane. Luckily for a handful of deep sea explorers, they've found a rather unusual nightlight.
This still photo from a video taken on August 22 shows the first visual evidence of the fluorescent chain catshark. Scientists taking part in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Operation Deep Scope 2005 expedition found the three-foot-long (one-meter-long) animal on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico.

The fluorescent shark was initially observed—though not captured on film—during last year's Deep Scope expedition. Starstruck researchers noted that the glowing menace bears an uncanny resemblance to the fictional jaguar shark pursued by Bill Murray in the 2004 movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Deep Scope 2005 researchers found this shark only days before Hurricane Katrina moved over the Gulf of Mexico on August 27. At its peak, Katrina was listed as a Category Five storm, with winds reaching 175 miles an hour (280 kilometers an hour). The expedition ship waited out the storm at a Texas port while research continued onboard.

—Victoria Gilman

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