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I came home from a walk to find A had been doing a lot of tidying and dusting, and rearranging a large collection of stones and shells on one of our windowsills. This was one of his mini-installations.
I will never forget how this shell landed in my possession. Our family took a trip to the Bahamas and we usually ended up off of the beaten path. We rented a car and explore the island and ended up on a dead end road that ended at a small stretch of beach. We got out to look around and saw this very tan, weathered man with long hair. As soon as he saw us he quickly turned and disappeared into his house. My dad said we should probably go. By the time we were in the car and looked up he was standing in front with a large bucket in one hand and a shell in the other. He was such a nice man. The experience was the gift of a lifetime. The shell is just a bonus.
A HUGE steel sea shell in Norfolk, i didn't get a great full size shot, so won't put a mediocre shot up!
Shell Creek in the aftrernoon, Deep in the outback of San Luis Obispo County. Shell Creek Road is off Highway 58 near the east side of Black Mountain (with the radar site on top). The creek is full of marine fossils, and the land on either side is prone to breaking out in carpets of wildflowers in the spring. I'm guessing that this spring will be especially bountiful, given the hard rains. At least, that's what they're saying about the Antelope Valley, Death Valley and other places in southern California known for their wildflower blooms.
January 31, 2005; Pentax 67/105mm lens/85B filter/Kodak 400VC, about 300 feet. Any corner distortion is due to my less-than-perfect copystand mounted digicam & light table apparatus.
One of the "shell trees" on Wild Beach at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge / Assateague Island National Seashore (NPS). Visitors like to decorate the remnants of trees, once in the marsh, but now overtaken by the beach as it shifts.
Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS
shells cut to fitin sterling silver box, with little drops of peridot,amber,or amethyst. rectangle 1/2 " long.
Though not apparent from this photo, the beach is made entirely from millions of cochina shells. The beach is on the way to Monkey Mia, and the whole area is covered in shells to a depth of up to 3 metres. It was amazing to see.
Visited in April 1992. (also in July 1993)
This is scanned from the original slide.
Billions of tiny white 'coquina bivalve' sea shells form Shell Beach. The coquina bivalve shellfish has no predator in this locality. The shell fish have existed in huge numbers for thousands of years, then died natural deaths then been washed ashore. Shell Beach is covered for a 60km-long stretch to a depth of some seven to ten metres. Shell Beach is one of only two shell beaches like it in the world.
Found this egg shell in the woods behind the house. Something already had gotten the goody out of it...
Taken at the Evolution Store, Science & Art in Soho, New York.
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