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Edith Widder : Une vie brillante dans le monde aquatique

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Edith Widder |

Mission Blue Voyage

• April 2010

80 à 90 pour cent des créatures sous-marines émettent de la lumière -- et nous ne savons pas vraiment comment ou pourquoi. L'experte en bioluminescence Edith Widder explore ce monde brillant, scintillant et lumineux et partage de superbes images et sa connaissance des profondeurs invisibles (et brillantes) des océans.

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80 à 90 pour cent des créatures sous-marines émettent de la lumière -- et nous ne savons pas vraiment comment ou pourquoi. L'experte en bioluminescence Edith Widder explore ce monde brillant, scintillant et lumineux et partage de superbes images et sa connaissance des profondeurs invisibles (et brillantes) des océans.

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Marine biologist

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Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.

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Gallery: How to speak jellyfish

Ocean explorer Edith Widder shares the astoundingly sophisticated language of bioluminescent creatures, which can light up the depths of the seas like a "snow storm."

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