” ATLANTIS PROJECT”..72hours later, we were all on the platform with some beautifull marked IGUANIDONS the size of small ponies. And 2 young EDMONTOSAURUS that allready weighed in at 2-4tons each ,but were so docile they had horse-like halters on? As all of us includeing the japanese brother and sister ;and several doctors and assistants from several parts of the world watched the hydrolic doors let morning sun come pouring down over us ;there was an excitement rushing thru us all! Stepping off onto the grassy –plains the juvenile iguanidons and male&female 12-14ft long Edmontosaurians began feeding on the long succulent and green stalks of elephant grass…they may not have exsisted dureing the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods but their incredible(and edible) rapid growth made exellent feed for our herbivores and instead of running off our small team of dinosaurs stepped clear of the hydrolic “SNAP” of the twin doors closeing and found themselves leaning over 8ft tall stalks of grass and curled up contently while the alpha –male Edmontosaurus kept an instictual eye out for predators. I was handed a clip-board that showed livestock ranches being built strategically outside the fencelines where they were large but well hidden from any possible scrutiny. I smiled that they took to my idea!?!?! Now they were raiseing pork,cattle,sheep,goats and a variety of chickens and turkeys to feed our carnivores. Hopefully this would keep our carnivorous Dinosaurs,Smilodon and other varietys of meat-eaters and scavengers well fed and allow thr herbivorous survival rate to go up a full 60%!as we made our way down to our base-camp; now dried out and returned to just a few feet higher than the original shoreline.from our vantage point the water seemed to go on forever! My brother went up to the higher camp-site location and began calling to his “baby”…we heard a trumpeting chirp of the young tyrannosaur as it came chargeing up to my brother with its mouth open like a 6ft long baby bird! He dropped large stripps of dried meat they used down in the paddocks in to the waiting mouth and “TOSS UP&GULP!” its tan body and sleek proto-feathers over the haunches indicated its good health. Still very much imprinted on my brother ; he had to stay behind to affectionatley play with his young dinosaur. Doctor Koreznikov stood up on some higher ground with a nice telescope set-up. Waveing me over I look thru the eye-piece; I felt my heart skip a beat as I watched a pod of IcthyosauriANS surface and dive,surface and dive keeping the smaller calves in the middle much like whales or dolphins do! Hooooooooooooly shit! This is really happening?!?!?!?!?!from across the original part of the lake ; a small flock of phorusrachoids or “TERROR BIRDS” were shcreeching and sqawking loud enough to hurt my ears!?! They were all an easy 8ft tall 4-500lbs but as they were dipping their large as a horse/eagle –like heads something grabbed one! And began to drag it under!??!before we could draw our trank-pistols and fire the doctor held up his hand in a gesture to “halt” us both. Irena had her trank-rifle trained looking thru the high power scope she wispered “no shot” as the gigantic bird was pulled under the water…”would anyone like to see what that could have been?” the doctor announced to us all. Making our way back up to the grassy plains we leaped onto the platform as the titanium doors opened up~all of us accept for 2 assistants takeing water samples went back under ground and quickly found a few of the solar-carts to take us to the underwater observatory…down thru a long concrete corridoor we went till finally we rolled into the 10ftX10ft innerdiameter plexiglass “tubes” or accessways. And it,they,SEA MONSTERS were all around us..!?! obviously they had a different holding pen besides the paddocks because I watched as 25ft of KRONOSAURUS seemed to “fly” underwater just above us;keeping pace with our transports . it shot for the surface as 2 beautifull young ELASMOSAURIA =on the left and right of the plexiglass corridoor we were traveling thru when up ahead loomed the 4 domes. Gently lit in golds,greens and blues I felt like I was in some kind of prehistoric “sea-world” attraction!...we pulled into UNDERWATER OBSERVATION POINT/NORTH said an overhead neon sign.. there were lab-coats,coveralls and partial clad wetsuits walking around;all with the KOSMOTEK logo on the back and name tags /ID on the left pocket. In the center of observation points NORTH,SOUTH,EAST&WEST was cafeteria/dayroom with overhead monitors and a single pulsateing gold light…everyone was so reverently quiet when I felt the beautifull granddaughter grab my arm and suggest I get a better look around?I just went around the perimeter of each dome and section; seeing my most wonderfull dreams yet AGAIN only now Under the water?!?!?!?!?there were desks, monitors,keyboards and tekno of every kind. Decorative desks made to resemble Amonites with those lamps that have the magnifier glass in the middle…?..the comfortable little chairs allowed your legs to go inside the “shell opening” of the amonites while the “tenticles” were actually wrapped around the chair back as if the creature was pulling you in. nice touch of mesozoic decorum but were invisible to me as I watched ELASMOSAURIA and CRYPTOCLYDUS “fly” and “glide” above us,around us,if I put my face to the plexiglass =8 INCHES AWAY FROM ME!?!?!?!I couldn’t fuckin believe this! You would think after seeing a variety of dinosaurs,sabertooths,mammoths and smaller versions of these exzact same sea-reptiles I would be more adjusted to it by now right? BULLLLLLLLLLLLLSHIT! This was every bit as fascinateing as it was completely terrifying!?!..over my head well over 28ft long TYLOSAUR attempted to open its mouth wide enough to grab onto the top of the dome. HORRIFYING rows of teeth far more viscious than any shark imaginable made a sound like “fingernails over a chalkboard”. Anysecond (covering my head) I expected this mighty Mosasaur to puncture the top of the dome pouring in 120ft of overhead water pressure….but…..when I dared to open my eyes I saw it didn’t even leave a scratch and 4-5of its 12-14inch dagger teeth broken off and swirling to the bottom…and this too was a sight to behold!...the electricians or “underwater illumination” team did a perfect job! All soft hues of green/turqouise/blue with golden & red colors were spread out every 50-100ft and submerged enough that only the baby fish and 8 member pod of..???!!!!! MY FAVORITE! They were DOLYCHORYCHOPS or “DOLLYS” for short ..they were curious of the soft illumination comeing up from below they seemed hypnotized by it!?! Only as they surfaced for air did they go back to their games of chase and catch one another. The lake ;both original and new were stocked FULL of a variety of fish! Fish,eels,even saw a few rare freshwater sharks that are found in nicaragua but the mosasaurs were allready going to work feeding on them…everywhere I looked I saw ever mesozoic marine reptile I ever hoped to dream of=SWIMMING ALL AROUND ME!....I sat down in 1 of the Amonite –like desks and put my face in my hands;my mind so full of questions I couldn’t figure out what to ask first??? Looking over at my brother it was nice to see him ansd Irena doing so well! When a NOTHROSAURUS charged and tail-slapped the containment she grabbed his hand ,playing the frightened damsel…well good! Exellent! She is beautifull,smart and she likes him..after my brother being in prison for the last decade I was worried about blue eyed allosaurus being born or certain sheep not making it into the feeding area if you get my drift??? He allways had a talent for silly little ditzy girlies so hopefully this will work out AND she puts him in his place!the chairs were comfortable in the “amonite desks” and were even recliners that swiveled 360degrees. So I made it over to the WEST side of the domes;leading out to some deeper water and another 7miles of open water. And that’s when I saw it! Comeing from 4 football fields away, it sailed thru the water pulling first with front flippers;( each flipper 1meter long if not longer)then the back flippers “rolling over” to dig into the water sending it RIGHT-AT-US like a underwater locomotive! Its colors reminded me of the pattern we see on whales but that’s where any simularity ended! The mouth hyper-extended and opened up to snap up some bottom-feeder catfish at least 3-4ft long and sucked it in a mouthfull of teeth like it didn’t even notice it as it came directly at me then at the last moment glided up and over the dome as gracefull as a bird in flight!?! I do believe KRONOSAURUS: to be every bit as formidable as the Jurassic cousin; LIOPLEURODON! Pliosaur& plesiosaur of several kinds swam and glided all around the observatory; long necks snakeing in and out of crevasses and around boulders. Long flippers and reptilian heads ; glowing eyes and beautifull colors as the soft illumination reflected off the scales of these incredible creatures! I heard several “OOHS &AAAAHS” w/a collective exclamation around the west-sided dome and from where I was I could see everyone looking UP--------??? I joined in and found myself looking up at a pair of BASILOSAURUS: long body’d whales ! they had the same basic markings of an ORCA only deep grey instead of black broken up w/white splotches. They would take turns surfaceing then back down over the top of the 20-30 Kosmotek sciences personell here in this wonderfull underwater observatory. A single row of dagger-like teeth ;5-6inches long made up the top and bottom of a powerfull looking set of jaws/ incisors along the top were a bit longer-. They both had large,beautifull eyes that seemed to bleed intelligence into the water around them both as they circled the top of the domes ;making “figure-8’s” and weaveing back and forth/topside then under,..ect. young; only a few tons difference between them. Just in front of a wide/angular fluke section the long,longer torso seemed to add to the up&down swimming motion with a lot of muscular flexxing in the allready –powerfull mid section containing rows of abdominal muscle tissue from ribs to tail section.several feet in front of the ventral region there were twin appendages that layed flat against both sides of the body. Not quite a fin but no longer a foot either..? to my suprize they both had long nostril slits ¾ of the way down, on top and forward of the snout( no blow holes?..evolution takes time!) loseing interest, they took off into the abyss ;heading for the new western shoreline. I went back to my ammonite-shape desk to find Dr. Koreznikov waiting for me~?~ he blew smoke rings and smiled at me while Irena and a few female scientists clucked and scolded him..”come with me my boy;lets take us a nice walk!”he says ignoreing the jibes and scolding . as I followed this incredible man out of the domes, we headed for the mile and a half long plexi –pipeline that led to the subteranean facility. 12ftX12ft inside the diameter ~it glowed in a soft,abysmal light…”help an old man out” he said as he linked his arm in mine. Something told me he was fully capable of walking on his own but enjoyed my respectfull willingness to aid him . comforting; like having my grampa back…my grampa commanded silently all around him and so did doctor Koreznikov. I found myself enjoying this comfortable silence as we walked. He pointed off to my left;(gestured with his cigar) and I could see the sleek,long neck of ELASMOSAURUS keeping pace with us as we walked..it looked in at me/us with slit-pupils . following the 2-3meter long neck back I could see the flippers working gentley “flying” thru the water .we both enjoyed this beautifull reptile til all at once it shot for the surface to get some fresh air..reading my mind ,the doctor said “15-20minutes….so far!?! Maybe longer but this seems to be the comfort-zone they like to stay under the water “….”comfort-zone”?!?!?! is he reading my mind? I stopped so fast we allmost fell over. Turned to him and said the first intelligent thing I could think of=” HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT~! We have a real, living ELASMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSAURUS!!!???!!!”…then before I had the chance to feel real stupid ,doctor Koreznikov started laughing so hard I thought he would go into cardiac arrest!?! Sending me off as well!.so standing there half-way down to the entry-way from either direction I procceded to LOSE IT! When we could breath again he says to me in his charismatic/russian accent “ you boys are just what I needed!...all these “egg-headed,brilliant young scientists are like my children but I have looking for something/someone different! Who can share my dreams and drink vodka til we puke once in a while!” with that we started walking on down the rest of the way as fish and prehistoric wonders swam all over and around us…sound silly? Maybe so but this is how the relationship between 2 brothers and the most brilliant ,loveable old russian the world will ever see began~> by the time we made it to the subteranean facility ; we were laughing and embraceing like family ….I walked this charming old man to his quarters. After a few braceing shot glasses full of fine stolichenaya vodka; he went to take a nap while I returned to the surface. BASE-CAMP/SUB-TROPICAL ZONE 1: as I lit a nice fire in our 2 fire pits , I