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This book summarizes in a clear an practical manner the range of knowledge contained in "Shelles of Polynesia" which is published by the same firm. It offers, to lovres nature, as well as to enthusiasmic collectors, a panorama of conchology fauna found in Tahiti and The Archipelagoes of French polynesia. This book will help to easily idntify the various species, situate their environment, and understand the mysteries of their way of life.
SHELLS OF TAHITI
Bernard Salvat and Claude Rives
Editor: Les Editions du Pacifique
ISBN: 2-85700-182-7
13 cm x 18 cm (160 pages)
First printing: october 1984
The strength of a shell to withstand the oceans tides and currents, so fragile yet so complex.Not well today, so I played with some of my shells that the ocean has provided me .
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
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.
This and many other Abalone shells were lying in the forest well up from the beach. I assume they were dropped there by birds or forest mammals.
1. Shell on a log in a stream
2. Form
3. Proportion
4. Basic edit, increased color, decreased brightness
5. Shallow
6. West
Nudibranchs are a group of sea slugs characterized by having no shell, thus having their gills exposed. The name in latin, nudibranchia, means precisely that: nudi (nude, exposed) + branchia (gills).
Instead of the protective shell, the nudibranchs use other intricate defense mechanisms and that's one of the reasons they are such an interesting group to study. Not to mention their exquisite appearance.
More info about this species:
www.seaslugforum.net/find/chrolute
hypselodoris.blogspot.com/2009/09/chromodoris-luteorosea-...
e a bárbara em uma dupla exposição com uma foto de um sambaqui
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my friend barbara in a double exposure shot. the other photo is of a "sambaqui" (large amount of small shells ).
A recent family half term holiday in Whitby, birthplace to none other than Count Dracula and host for the annual Goth weekend, would perhaps seem an unlikely inspiration to paint a shell in the sand with some stones!
With all the tradition mixed with fancy dress that goes on in this bustling seaside town at this time of year it's definitely the place to be...although good luck finding a spot in a restaurant!
Anyway, back to the stones! So, having started painting again in September for the first time in 30 years, this holiday my camera and I had a slightly different agenda to normal.
Gone were the endless family point and clicks and in were the walks along the beach, camera facing downwards at stones, rock pools, shells and the like!
The obvious downside to that?...In 10 years time we won't be able to use my holiday snaps to help us remember the fun we had in our Whitby week!
Shell Beach, in Shark Bay, WA.
Fun fact: It is one of only two beaches in the world made entirely from shells!
W showing off her 27 weeks belly!
Shell Eco-marathon Asia - the Urban Concept class. Over several days, teams make as many attempts as possible to travel the furthest on the equivalent of one litre of fuel. Cars drive a fixed number of laps around the circuit at a set speed. Organisers calculate their energy efficiency and name a winner in each class and for each energy source. (photo by Ben Cho)