Have your mind blown 🤯 by these glass-blown marvels from father & son duo Leopold & Rudolf #Blaschka 🐙. Century old scientific models available to you through #DigitalPreservation! Visit online https://fal.cn/3bne2  or when @MelbourneMuseum re-opens. #WDPD2020 #MolluscMonday
In 2017 an international team of scientists embarked on a voyage of discovery to explore the eastern Australian Abyss & we've been digitising what they found! Take a deep dive 👇🌊
http://tiny.cc/0i81tz 
#DigitsForGood #SamplingTheAbyss #RVInvestigator @NESPmarinehub @CSIRO
Sampling the Abyss

The abyss is the largest and deepest habitat on the planet, covering half the world's oceans. Despite its size, it remains the most unexplored environment on Earth, largely due to the difficulty of...

http://tiny.cc/0i81tz
Images can give us a glimpse into unknown worlds. If you lived in the #abyss what would you look like or eat? Would you carry your own 🔦 like a Threadfin Dragonfish or pounce on whale-fall like flesh-eating amphipod? #SamplingTheAbyss @NESPmarinehub @CSIRO #WDPD2020
Images can give us a glimpse into unknown worlds. If you lived in the #abyss what would you look like or eat? Would you carry your own like a Threadfin Dragonfish or pounce on whale-fall like flesh-eating amphipod? #SamplingTheAbyss @NESPmarinehub @CSIRO #WDPD2020
Images can give us a glimpse into unknown worlds. If you lived in the #abyss what would you look like or eat? Would you carry your own like a Threadfin Dragonfish or pounce on whale-fall like flesh-eating amphipod? #SamplingTheAbyss @NESPmarinehub @CSIRO #WDPD2020
Images can give us a glimpse into unknown worlds. If you lived in the #abyss what would you look like or eat? Would you carry your own like a Threadfin Dragonfish or pounce on whale-fall like flesh-eating amphipod? #SamplingTheAbyss @NESPmarinehub @CSIRO #WDPD2020
'Bob' a Smooth-head Blobfish collected on #SamplingtheAbyss resides in @MelbourneMuseum Ichthyology collections. Linking Bob's data & image allows scientists to map biodiversity for marine reserves preservation. #DigitsForGood @NESPmarinehub @CSIRO http://tiny.cc/vj81tz 
Extreme #bushfires saw a tough start to 2020 for Victorian #biodiversity, but our scientists are not giving up! It’s time to “Get engaged and pay attention to your wildlife” says @MVMammals Snr curator Dr Kevin Rowe🐁Digitising brings researcher➡️wildlife➡️us #WDPD2020
Wade into the waters of the Cumberland River with Dr Julian Finn & Dr Richard Marchant and learn more about work done with @ParksVictoria on the Otway Bioscan here: 👇 https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/16719  #DigitsForGood
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