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Nature's Braille

For Macro Mondays theme 'Macro Textures' and the Flickr Worldwide Photowalk 2016.

A sea urchin skeleton ('test') found on a seashore walk, Isle of Skye, showing its pentameric radial symmetry. To give an idea of scale, the largest of the circular knobs is about 1 mm. These structures are where the spines are attached. The tube feet that the sea urchin uses for movement, come out of the test through the tiny paired holes.

 

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Uploaded on July 11, 2016
Taken on July 9, 2016