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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
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
There are a few casuarina trees on the coast around Diggers where people have placed shells. Some of the days were quite smoky but this day wasn't one of them :-) Explored briefly #498
Collected at Grandview the other night. Remind me of angel's wings. Harsh shadow, yes, but had to shoot it then & there!
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
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!
She'll Gas Station Sign Gasoline Petrol , pics by Mike Mozart of JeepersMedia and TheToyChannel on YouTube.
Georgia, Peyton, Harmony, Ruddy, Dan, Julia and Paul, some of the 13 member activist climb team on the ground after the action in Cathedral Park in Portland, Oregon, July 30, 2015. The team stayed under the St. Johns Bridge, rear, for 39 hours and 35 minutes attempting to prevent the Shell-leased icebreaker MSV Fennica from passing under the bridge to join Shell's Arctic drilling fleet.
Another view of the strange twisty shell fragment that was left by person or persons unknown ( We have our suspisions !)
Drove the loop Santa Barbara - Ojai - Carrizo Plain - Morro Bay - Santa Barbara yesterday. Certainly no "superbloom" at Carrizo Plain this year - the condition is best be described as "no bloom at all". Shell Creek Road was the only notable display of wildflowers we encountered.
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
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.
Shell pattern and cables from Alice Starmore's Cape Cod in "Fishermen's Sweaters" but otherwise my own, Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed. Needles 3.5 mm (US 4). Knitted in 2006.
I found a lot of shells with starfish holes on them - brought a bunch home and made a simple wind chime. Most likely it will tangle, but that is okay - I will just have to try to untangle it.
While this station appears as if it has always been at the Gilmore Car Museum, it is actually an accurate re-creation of an early 1930's Shell Station, complete with all the tools of full service garage from the period. Inside, you will find a vast display of Shell memorabilia, gas pump globes, a 1950 Ford Shell pickup, as well as clean restrooms. Constructed on site in 1998 with the help of many volunteers, the station serves as the Museum’s Interpretive Center and central gathering place for tours. Utilizing original 1929 blueprints in the design and the placement of the vintage Shell gas pumps and signage add to the sense of authenticity.
The porcelain signs that adorn the building hold special significance to the Museum. They were originally part of Hickory Corners’ own Shell Station, which was once located only three miles down the road from the Museum.
At least the chickens are safe -
Laos was heavily bombed during the war, many areas being covered with cluster bombs or bombies as they are known. These are small spinning bombs dropped in great numbers causing devastation. Many of these bombies failed to detonate & lay active in the ground even now. They are just the right size for children to play with, often with disastrous results. Thankfully, due to education & bomb clearing exercises the situation is being rectified but it’s a slow & costly operation.
– split shells which held cluster bombs used to raise the chicken shed..
Phonsavan Laos