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A beautiful etched sea shell focal from Etsy artist Havana Beads strung on a sterling silver chain with Swarovski crystals and sterling silver circle bead and fish.
I kept walking and I found a spot that I haven't seen before. It was a little inlet that was carved out and full of shells and rocks.
Wikipedia: Shell Falls is a waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest on Shell Creek, about halfway down Shell Canyon, and a few miles upstream from the town of Shell in northeast Wyoming. The falls are 120 feet (36 meters) in height and tumble over basement rock of granite. The people visible on the promenade give this picture some scale.
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/showall/cratpere
hypselodoris.blogspot.com/2008/08/cratena-peregrina-gmeli...
Just a line of shells I saw on some rocks in Pembrokeshire which I thought had an interesting look about them.
Hold Shell accountable for the devastating impact that their pollution is having on the human rights of people living in the Niger Delta.
Hold Shell accountable for the devastating impact that their pollution is having on the human rights of people living in the Niger Delta.
Shell Beach is a beach in the Shark Bay region of Western Australia, 45 kilometres south-east of Denham.
Situated on the northeastern side of the Taillefer Isthmus, it covers a 110 km long stretch of coast along the L'Haridon Bight. It is one of only two beaches in the world made entirely from shells.
The beach was named "Shell Beach" because of the great abundance of the shells of the cockle species Fragum erugatum. The seawater in the L'Haridon Bight has a high salinity due to both the geomorphology and local climate of the area. This high salinity has allowed the cockle to proliferate unchecked, since its natural predators have not adapted well to this environment.
The shells typically reach a depth of 7 to 10 metres. Over time, the shells have formed a limestone that is known as Coquina.
Before Shark Bay became a World Heritage Site, the limestone was mined and used for the construction of a number of buildings in the local town of Denham, Western Australia.