In its extraordinary debut Safari introduced the world to Photicular technology The cheetah bounded the African elephant flapped its ears & readers could not believe their eyes Now the creators of Safari take their work a step further Ocean offers not only a refinement of inventor Dan Kainen's Photicular technology but a subject undulating creatures of the deep perfectly suited to the immersive visual pleasure of the process Ocean is like being on a dive Open the book & the reader is swept into the magic of an underwater world face-to-face with a floating Yellow-Banded Sweetlips; with a glow-in-the-dark Deep-Sea Anglerfish; with a Sea Horse swaying in balletic motion; with a Sand Tiger Shark gliding along the ocean floor its gaze haunting its hook-toothed mouth gulping open & closed The text by Carol Kaufmann enchants with its descriptions of coral reefs; a journey on Alvin the 17-ton submersible; & a meditation on our oceans Then for each creature she writes a lively & informative essay along with vital statistics size habitat range diet & more The Photicular process uses an innovative lenticular technology sliding lenses & original four-colour video imagery The result is like a movie in your hands the dance of life in a book