Frans Lanting, The deep past in the remote present
April 30th, 02007 by Stewart Brand
The deep past in the remote present
It began on a New Jersey beach. Frans Lanting was photographing horseshoe crabs for a story about how they are being ground up for eel bait and at the same time their blood is used for drug testing—a $100 million industry. The crabs have primordial eyesight, which they employ mainly for finding sex partners. Photographing the horseshoes having a spawning orgy one spooky twilight, Lanting felt like he was suddenly back in the Silurian, 430 million years ago…
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Posted on June 7th, 2007 at 9:44 am
There will be a segment featuring Frans Lanting that will be airing on the TV show Bay Area Back Roads June 9th and 10th.
Here are the details:
Channel: 4
Date: Saturday and Sunday June 9 & 10, 2007
Time: 6:00 pm both nights
Segment Teaser: Bay Area Back Roads will take a tour of Santa Cruz with
one of the world’s leading wildlife photographers who’ll share
photographic tips and some of his favorite spots for taking pictures!
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