Abyssal

In a study published Tuesday, Japanese and American scientists described what they found in sediment samples taken from a flat, wide area 3.7 kilometers to 5.7 kilometers below the ocean’s surface, known as an abyssal plain.

The oceanic ecosystem includes the pelagic zone, the benthic zone, and the abyssal zone.

The falling of dead whales in the abyssal zone generate interesting microecosystems that last a relatively long time.

This "abyssal" life, typically in the form of strange tube-worms and microbes, is almost completely unknown to science.

"Ea", the beneficent god of earth and life, who dwelt in the abyssal waters, was shown with two streams running from his hands or shoulders[.]

In an attempt to avoid sliding into incorrigible despair, I abandon such abyssal and existential pondering and investigate the artist behind the work.