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That's right, besides having maybe the most spectacular sunsets I've seen.
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The best shelling is found on the beaches of Sanibel and Captiva Islands. The islands rank tops in the world for shelling because of geography. Sanibel Island does the twist as it parades along the coastline among a string of other more orderly, straight-and-narrow islands. The east-west torque of Sanibel’s south end acts like a shovel scooping up all the seashells that the Gulf imports from The Caribbean and other southern seas.
The abundance and variety of shells have made Sanibel and Captiva Islands shell-obsessed. People come from all over the world, drawn by the song of the seashell. They parade along the sands doubled over in a stance that’s been dubbed the Sanibel Stoop. Every March, they gather to compare and appreciate shell collections and shell art at the annual Sanibel Shell Fair & Show. (From www.sanibel-captiva.org)
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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
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Miller's (2,450 square feet)
948 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA
This location opened in fall 2000, replacing an older 1960s-built Shell/Miller Mart #66 that sat on the same site (known as "Bayberry Shell").
Digital collage based around image of baby in shell using lots of free brushes - now finished off with hand dyed lace and space dyed ribbon bows.
The pilgrim symbol of the scallop shell. Rue de la Citadelle, St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France.A welcome sight for the thirsty pilgrim on the way to Santiago de Compostella by this well-travelled road towards the high pass of Roncevaux.
Title: Navel Shell
Designer: Tomoko Fuse
Paper: 15cm x 15cm
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The Music of Origami:
A panorama of a nearly whole iridescent shell I found while walking along Fort Myers Beach. Merged from a series of photos around the shell to create a wider and higher res shot. Biggest challenge as getting the shots before the next wave came in and changed things around.
Photographed with Sony Alpha A6000/ICLE-6000 with FE55-210 lens. Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Photomerged and processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals
London :Reeve, Brothers,1843-1878.