NR-1 Sinkhole NR-1 Sinkhole The NR-1 Sinkhole is a giant underwater sinkhole located in the Straits of Florida southwest of Key West, Florida. It is found at an approximate depth of of water at the foot of the Pourtales Escarpment, an area of Quaternary sediment. It was discovered in October 1994 during a survey conducted by the American submarine NR-1, a U.S. Navy nuclear research submarine, and is named for the submarine. It was first identified via side-scan sonar and near-bottom echo sounder data, prompting a second survey in May 1995 to confirm the finding. Discovery of the NR-1 Sinkhole prompted scientific
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening them is Dalí's first use of an elephant with long flamingo legs, found in his later compositions such as "The Temptation of St. Anthony". The elephant carries on its back an obelisk, inspired by Bernini’s "Elephant and Obelisk" in Rome's Piazza Santa Maria sopra Minerva. The bayonet, as a symbol of the stinging bee, may represent the woman's abrupt awakening from her otherwise peaceful dream. This is an example of Sigmund Freud's influence on surrealist art and Dalí's attempts to explore the world of dreams in a dreamscape. The elephant is a distorted version of the Piazza della Minerva sculpture