Haeckel

Published February 17, 2008

“This is a Tubulariae organism penned by the German biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel . Flower-like – it is in fact a marine organism – I love the ambiguity. The image can be found in Haeckel’s original grand publication Kunstformen der natur (1904) . A stunning book.” – Science journalist.

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