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As the backwaters are usually shallow, men collect shells that are used for making handicrafts for the tousists.
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The unknown story of the broken sea shells collectors
At Uadaypur sea beach (3km from Digha at the Bengal-Orissa state border), hundreds of poor villagers (80% of them are women) gather on a particular time of the day at the peak of the low tide. They all carry a small net basket for collecting broken shells following the line of the waves. When the baskets are half-filled they empty their catch at the beach and go back to the waves again. Finally the shells are packed in bags for selling. After two hours of continuous hard work, two people together can fill only a 30-kg bag selling for INR Rs 30 (USD 50 cents) only.
The shells are rich source of calcium carbonate, use in feeder mainly at the India's growing poultry industry. Also, it has great demand in making the white (lime) paint. Traders and middlemen are always waiting to exploit these poor villagers. They make on-the-spot payment, collect the bags and transport them to the local market for a hefty profit of 300% by selling each bag for at least Rs 100 (USD $ 2).
I personally talked to the shell collectors and found no Govt. intervention to stop this exploitation. The state government can easily intervene by forming a cooperative and collecting the shells themselves by their nodal agencies with a reasonable price.
Udaypur Sea Beach, Bay of Bengal
Images of Bengal, India
Dr. Phil Nudelman and his wife, Sandra, recently donated a one-of-a-kind collection of more than 100,000 shells to the Burke Museum. It's not only incredibly beautiful but also holds great research value. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/12YJQeS
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love the 'waves' in this gift from the sea!
(i know it isn't shell saturday but i couldn't resist the light...)
This was a former White Rose station. Shell acquired White Rose in Canada in the 1960s but this building hung on to its roses until the whole lot was rebuilt and replaced by a new Shell Select outlet.
Over the past million years, Shell Creek has incised a deep chasm through the sedimentary stone and ancient granite. The water of Shell Falls, dropping at a rate of 3,600 gallons per second, follows fractures in the resistant granite. Shell Canyon is named for the shell fossils found in the sedimentary canyon walls.
Shell Falls Interpretive Site is located on U.S. Highway 14, 21 miles southwest of Burgess Junction, Wyoming. The site is open 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven days a week, Memorial Day through mid-Setpember.
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Listing Date: 11/29/16
Location Name: Shell Falls
Listing Text by: Shawn Parker, Executive Director, Sheridan Travel & Tourism
Another one from St. Mary's Island. Few meters away from the main island is this wonderful beach full of sea shells. With crystal clear water and the colorful shells everywhere, it was worth a shot. Not up to the mark but there is always a next time :-)
Second floor mantel. Even though the house was started about 1790, much of the interior was not finished until the early 1800's. That's how it got it's name. They said they were living in a shell of a house. This mantel is in one of the rooms that was finished later. It looks to be more Federal than Georgian.
On a sturdy piece of wire shaped in a heart I threaded chunky broken shells from the beach. It's going to move in from of a window soon!
This was made of shells and little wooden figures that I make. It was inspired by an 18th century piece in Williamsburg. I call it “Look for me at the Coral Bridge”.
The Shell-leased icebreaker MSV Fennica passes through the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Ore., July 30, 2015, after police removed 3 of 13 activists who climbed under the bridge In an attempt to prevent the ship from passing under the bridge to join Shell's Arctic drilling fleet.
Best seen in B l a c k M a g i c
After the heavy seas there are piles of shells on parts of the beach. I always find them a challenge to my imagination
Another view of the strange twisty shell fragment that was left by person or persons unknown ( We have our suspisions !)
We are avid sea shell picker uppers, and I'm going to star taking pix of them now that I have a decent lens. Lighting is harder than I thought!
Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals
London :Reeve, Brothers,1843-1878.
More pics from this can be found in Lumiere Fotografie Magazine: www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/150226
Shot: Liverpool, 22nd November, 2010.
Shell Keeley Shoot…
I photographed the FABULOUS Shell Keeley recently. We met up and had tea at the Rococo Coffee House, in Liverpool. It was the first time I had met Shell, but we had been in touch via msgs on Facebook and such, so it didn’t really feel like our first meeting. I had wanted to photograph her because she simply looks divine, in her genuine vintage clothes PLUS she is the sweetest lady. So here we are, sat by the window in this rococo styled coffee shop, having a good old chin-wag, topics ranging from Vincent Price to Bette Davis, it wasn’t long before our cups were empty. So I set up my lights & we shot away.
We then packed up, Shell made a quick out-fit change (1930’s German red dress), and we were gone.
NEXT UP…
OUT DOOR SHOTS
We had a little wander about, taking pictures with just natural daylight. Stunning results with backlighting from the sun. Shell has the BEST eyes, so I took lots of close-up shots with an aperture of F/1.7 at 100 ISO, with my Pentax manual focus lens.
Really happy with the results, and you wouldn’t believe it was Shell’s first ever photo session. Beautiful pictures of a beautiful person, with the most impeccable manners. A true lady.
(C) Darren Cheshire Photography