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This is a small, old abalone shell, macro. Not until I saw this image on my computer screen did I know that the fluid, molten looking colors of abalone (aka Mother of Pearl) are actually layers of color.
for Our Daily Challenge topic - 'Ombre, gradual shift in color'
Today the weather man said cloud with sun in the afternoon but it was awful it was really murky misty and very wet. So i had to wear a raincoat and keep the camera covered it was also cold. Anyway even though the weather was not in my favour I still managed lots of images from birds fish ponies flowers fungi so a really good day with lots of images .
I took a shot of some shells ...didn't like this at first because it was so bland and so enhanced it in Topaz adjust .............still waiting for spring to arrive with little to inspire me in the garden:(
EXPLORED #68
The beetles are 11 to 35 millimeters long. The chitin shell shines black-blue all over the body. The head and pronotum are roughly dotted and shine in the spaces between the dots.
The finely granulated elytra are greatly shortened and overlap slightly at the base, which is unusual in beetles.
The diurnal animals usually stay on the ground. They feed on plant parts. When threatened, they secrete a yellow defensive secretion from their knee joints to deter enemies.
Like all oil beetle species, the black-blue oil beetle also produces its own poison: cantharidin. The poison is very effective against warm-blooded animals, but the German Nature Conservation Association (NABU) has given the all-clear: The poison of a single beetle is not enough to kill a person, nor has the black-and-blue oil beetle ever poisoned people or domestic animals been.
Many years ago, when I first came across these shells, i thought they were deformed. I found them most intriguing and I loved them for their peculiar shapes. Since then, I have come to know them as Cardita shells which are formed in symmetrical pairs, like a clam. Many types of Carditas grow up to 5 or 7 cm long but these ones, pictured, are a maximum of 3 cm long. I'm not sure exactly which type these ones are but they were found along beaches around Wollongong, on the south eastern coast of Australia. Being so small, they are a little hard to find but now and then I come across one. It seems that their lumpy bumpiness is exactly how they are supposed to look :)
I am using November prompts from Doodlewash.com. I may not use every one and wont make this one cat related. Nov. 2 is "shell" and I happened to have a nice conch shell.
The Shell is a swimming pool in a little place called Bergen op Zoom,
The Netherlands. Its location is right next to the water on the
boulevard of the Bergse Plaat (a district in Bergen op Zoom).
This swimming pool's got the shape of a seashell, hence its name "The Shell".
At night The Shell looks absolutely stunning. The lighting makes the
colors of this building really stand out.
#7 on Explore, 4 december 2008
and Frontpage :-)
one I did for last week's Macro Mondays, but replaced by another because I thought there might be a lot of shells.
March 8, 2021
A melted and refrozen bowl of water created patterns within itself, mimicking the shells and shapes that were scattered around it.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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A lovely collection of shells taken at Anne's Parent's Place on the Eastern Shore...All collected from the Carolinas
Fun assortment of shell decor in my bathroom. Have had this shelf for years! Original paint color inspired my bathroom colors which have been this way for over 10 years now....way before the aqua color revolution of today. Maybe it's time for a change?
The unknown story of the broken sea shells collectors
At Udaypur 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 120 (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
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