Rainy day, so played with my wife shells collections :)

I don't normally take photos of toilets but this is an exception, a shell toilet seat lid at a shell garage.

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10896 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews, VA

Sea shells on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. It is hard to convey the size of these, but these sea shells were HUGE!

Nikon D700 + AF-S Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 VR-II

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bins of shells for sale

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Altolamprologus Compressiceps sp. shell or Sumbu? Based on colors/shape i'm guessing Compressiceps sp. shell.

part of the Shell refinery at Rotterdam Pernis

Premier Christy Clark attends the Shell Innovation Summit in Vancouver.

Here's a photo from back in early September. The cicadas were leaving their old shells behind, and starting life over in a new skin. It's actually a cool thought...we have the same opportunity if we really want it.

Built 1930-31.

shells; bivalvia

i love shells

Moonrise over Shell Beach cliffs. Moon enhanced to "mind's eye" size.

All the goodness has been taken from this crab leaving just the shell. Macro Mondays theme "Shell".

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We found this mussel, which is still living in its - unfortunately damaged - shell, at the Sieg weir near Siegburg, close to the flotsam washed to the shore. I wonder if it can survive with this damage.

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Dachschaden

Diese noch in ihrer - leider beschädigten - Behausung lebende Muschel haben wir am Siegwehr bei Siegburg im Bereich des angespülten Strandguts entdeckt. Ob sie mit diesem Schaden überleben kann?

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Shell within shell at Edisto Beach.

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Some of these shells remind me of astrophotographs of Saturn.

Activists hang under the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon, July 30, 2015, In an attempt to block the Shell leased icebreaker, MSV Fennica from passing under the bridge to join Shell's Arctic drilling fleet.

@ Party Club "Morsko Konche"

Formby Beach

Summer Pea and Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Salad on smittenkitchen.com

I like how wobbly they feel when you grab a handful of uncooked ones. Um, that was all.

This historic Shell gas station looks like it belongs on Old Route 66, but actually it is located on Sprague Street in Winston Salem, North Carolina

I attempted at a bit of "Natural History" feel in this collage. Left top box contains not only shells but some vertibrae of sea mammal - I don't know what. Maybe dolphins, maybe sharks. Right hand top corner is a crab shell, completely washed out and clean. I love the white.

Some shells I found on the beach were lying outside the house to dry, still amazed about the beautiful lines and colors.

shell's pool party

Turtle shells galore.

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conch shell inspired by cookie crazie's beautiful shell cookies here www.flickr.com/photos/cookiecrazie/5984592292/

and a curtain hook

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

conch shells

The shells collected from Whitby have a wonderful texture, and such subtle colours.

Conch shell detail