From typepad.com:

In her introduction to The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, Claire Nouvian says she was inspired to create the book after seeing a film of deep-sea creatures made by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: “As crazy as it might seem, I had fallen in love at first sight. Like an adolescent surprised by the power of love . . . ” and so on. But if Nouvian seems overemotional initially, it becomes easier to understand her fervor once you brush aside the intro and skip to the meat: the photos.

Most of the book is composed of giant frequently larger-than-life-size photographs of deep-sea creatures:

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