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Sea urchins, are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones from the intertidal to 5,000 metres. Their tests are round and spiny, typically from 3 to 10 cm across. When they die, they leave behind some of the most beautifully coloured and patterned shells which are so delicate and fragile that you have to be so careful with them when you transport them.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “patterns in nature” was chosen by Cheryl,
It seemed most appropriate to use this wonderful collection of sea urchin shells that I have, with their stripes and nobbles, to represent the theme for this week.
Loving these massive flowers on tiny plants, from seed sown earlier this year...
Native to South Africa
Another abstract motion image taken on the coastline of John O' Groats in Scotland. If you would like an Abstract print or digital file, please send me a message.
Mini buttresses and pits in sand formed by an overnight rain testify to the many scales at which nature shapes the landscape with eye-appealing features. Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef National Park
A very small (about 2" or 50.8mm) cross-section of a large, decaying log left behind from an Aleppo pine tree removed from my back yard in the early 2000s.
My attempt at the "Crazy Tuesday" theme "Patterns in Nature".
Shot with a Zeiss Ikon "Alinar IV 50 mm F 2" (projection) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Macro Mondays theme Patterns in Nature. Goat's-beard - Tragopogon pratensis (also know as Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon because the flowers open only prior to 1pm). I found this on my walks through the meadows. The seedheads and seeds are bigger and more elegant than those of the dandelion. HMM...
Macro Mondays Weekly Challenge
Theme: "Patterns in Nature"
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Compositionally Challenged Week 41 - Patterns
The color of the water is the reflection from a sandstone wall.
double-crested cormorant
Sterne Park, Littleton CO
Compositionally Challenged Week 16 - One place, 3 choices
Pleasant light was captured over Tryfan as taken from Llyn Bochlwyd which is a short walk up the hill from the Ogwen Valley.
During a walk in Beddgelert, Afon Glaslyn flowed through Aberglaslyn and the light was particularly pleasant.
Native to North America, Echinacea purpurea is an herbaceous perennial that grows up to 120 cm in height and 25 cm wide.
The inflorescence is a capitulum, up to 15 cm in diameter, formed by a prominent domed central protuberance consisting of multiple small yellow florets.
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Having to make five repetitions in a flower must be a bit more complicated than 4 or 8. It requires surely a lot of coordination... and that is the easy part if you think about the colored veins...
Make life simple 😄
Sorry for the lame reference to 1960’s pop rock (The Young Rascals).
Parallel grooves associated with erosion of layers of sand deposited a couple hundred million years ago provide some lovely eye candy in Bighorn Canyon, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. An earlier post showed evidence of dune cross-bedding, but this photo gives a better three-dimensional feel for the process of sand deposition on a sloping dune face, later covered by a more horizontal layer.
Llanddwyn Island evokes a sense of tranquility, calm and peace. The tide was receding under stormy clouds with Twr Bach (Small Tower) standing proud.
Shortly after taking this image, the mist dissipated over Llyn Dinas. It was quite surreal how the mist took different forms over a short period of time.
Crazy Tuesday theme: Patterns in nature Thank you everyone for your kind comments and favs. All are greatly appreciated. HCT
Looking out toward Dulas Island (Ynys Dulas) from Lligwy Beach, Anglesey at sunrise. Dulas Island is a small island located off the North East Coast of Anglesey, about a mile and a half off shore. It has a rescue tower that once stored food and provided shelter for ship wrecked seamen. The tide had receded leaving water to reflect the sky's soft colour.
Macro Mondays: Patterns in Nature
Just found this little one on our Milkweed plant today that I had planted last year. Very exciting - not great light, but wanted to get it when I saw it.
Flickr lounge: Insects / What Bugs You
loving the straw flowers. There were many butterflies and dragonflies flying amongst the beautiful dahlias and straw flowers in this garden. I could have stayed there for hours, lol! : )
Not posted a Macro Monday shot for a long while, but I was taking shots in our newly-developing garden 3 or 4 days ago and thought that this might fit the bill if a little predictable :)
Macro Mondays - Patterns in Nature
It's really unusual for the sky to be full of mare's tails or "Cirrus uncinus". We can see them quite often, but mixed with other clouds. To get a complete sky full of mare's tails is really rare!
For the Tuesday cloud groups 😊
and for Crazy Tuesday - "patterns in nature" 😊
More about these clouds.
"Cirrus uncinus is a species of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus uncinus is Latin for "curly hooks". Commonly called "mare's tail", this cloud species is very thin and generally sparse in the sky.
The clouds occur at high altitudes, at a temperature of about −50 to −40 °C (−58 to −40 °F). They are generally seen when a warm or occluded front is approaching.
They are very high in the troposphere and generally mean that precipitation, usually rain, is approaching". Wiki
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Digital 2021... "nature patterns series"
Continuing the journey of exploring experimental digital art effects..!!!
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