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#atlanticocean

This Bridge Spans the Atlantic OceanIt seems like quite an engineering feat for 1793. Back then, Britain was starting to launch its world-spanning empire, so it was appropriate that a great nation would attempt to build a bridge across an entire ocean.That’s what the Clachan Bridge does. On one side is mainland Scotland and on the other the island of Seril. Between them flows a narrow channel of the Atlantic Ocean. So, technically speaking, it crosses an ocean.Atlas Obscura shares an amusing story about an inn on the mainland side of the bridge. The Tig an Truish (The House of the Trousers) got its name after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. The English suppressed Scottish culture after that failed uprising and forbad Scotsmen from wearing kilts. So islanders would change into trousers at the inn on their way to work and then back into kilts on their way back home on the island.#bridges #Scotland #AtlanticOceanPhoto: W.L. Tarbert

Marine Scientist Found Real Life SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star in the Atlantic OceanMarine scientist Christopher Mah of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared this humorous picture of what a real-life SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star would look like.Mah posted the picture of a Hertwigia (sponge) and Chondraster (sea star) on Twitter. The duo were found on the side of the Retriever seamount in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 miles (320 km) east of New York City, by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on the NOAA's Okeanos Explorer ship."I normally avoid these refs ... but WOW. REAL LIFE SpongeBob and Patrick!" Mah wrote on his tweet.  Talking to Insider, Mah added "I thought it would be funny to make the comparison, which for once was actually kind of comparable to the iconic images/colors of the cartoon characters. As a biologist who specializes in sea stars, most depictions of Patrick and SpongeBob are incorrect."Indeed, SpongeBob probably shouldn't be sitting so calmly next to Patrick as sea stars are actually carnivores that eat sponges.No words on whether they've found the other residents of Bikini Bottom on this trip.#SpongeBob #SpongeBobSquarePants #PatrickStar #seasponge #seastar #marinebiology #NOAA #AtlanticOcean #NewYorkCity #ROV #OkeanosExplorerRelated:3D Printed SpongeBob SquarePants Sponge Holder