(Source: ajoyfuljackal)
Time for a little fun. Climbing a mushroom coral rock. FATHOMER in background offshore
Image ID: theb3378, NOAA’s Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS) Collection
Location: Philippines
Photo Date: 1926
Credit: Family of Captain William M. Scaife, C&GS
An extremely rare disorder known as “fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva” or Stone Man Syndromewhich causes the repair mechanism in bodies to mutate damaged tissue into bone.