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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
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.
Olive shells are gastrpods in the family Olividae. All have cylindrical, glossy shells with narrow, elongated apetures.
Letttered olives havea thick shell with a small pointed spire about 1/9th total shell length. Shells that are not faded or beach-worn are covered with overlapping, slightly blurry, brown zigzags that are darkest below the suture and as part of two, broad, spiral bands. Oliva reticularis (the Netted Olive) has no bands and a larger spire of about 1/7th total shell length.
The species' range is from North Carolina to Florida and the Gulf states of North America, including Louisiana and Texas; It also occurs in Mexico, and may also occur in Brazil. The lettered olive typically lives in near-shore waters, on shallow sand flats near inlets. The empty shell is occasionally, or sometimes commonly, washed up onto ocean beaches.[
Lettered Olives are carnivores and actively prey on bivalves and crabs.
The lettered olive is the state shell of South Carolina.
Ferrari Challenge (Trofeo Pirelli) - Serie Europa '11 - #311 Mattschull Arnold
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Camera:
- Canon EOS 40D + Battery Grip BG-E2N
Lenses:
- EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
- EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
- EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Equipment:
- Manfrotto Monopod 680b
- Manfrotto Heads 234
- Canon Extender EF 1.4x II
- Canon Speedlite 580EX II
- Sandisk Extreme Pro 16 GB
- Sandisk Extreme IV 4 GB
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Extended
- Adobe Bridge CS5.1
- Photomatix Pro 4
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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 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)
Imprinted teal shells, hand cut and shaped.
Additional charges may apply for custom decorations. Contact us for prices.
Using floral supplies, like oasis, moss and glue, I created this vignette for my sun porch. I added pirate chests that were Christmas ornaments and pearl garland with shells to complete the look. Yes, you can re-purpose Christmas ornaments for everyday uses.