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Red Snapper is back on stage. Decent gig. But a bit boring too.
Taken during State X New Forms. A festival "that wants to X-plore and X-plain". This years edition took place in Het Paard and De Koorenbeurs in Den Haag. I wrote a report for DJ Broadcast.
Dawn on Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast Queensland, Australia.
Cheers
Russell - AustralianLight - Landscape Imagery
I watched two hug snapping turtles mating today in the marshes beside the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. Occasionally, one would rise out of the water...perhaps in ecstasy.
Sea Foam
This is a natural process occurring in especially big seas, where plankton and other small sea organisms are literally pulverised against the rocks of the shoreline, resulting in a very fine protein suspension in the sea which coats the air-bubbles created by the waves to create a stiff froth, just the same way as egg protein coats air bubbles to make meringue, and beer protein coats air bubbles to produce a head of foam in a beer glass. from viv.id.au/blog/20070827.871/sea-foam/
Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) - these guys loved my camera housing and the yellow strap. Whenever I stopped I would have 10-20 of them around me all the time getting in the way.
Taken with a Canon G9 and underwater housing.
Not a moment too soon, we bought a new lawn mower. It's red, and it's a Snapper. It's a red Snapper. Snapper mowers have been around for 70 years, apparently, and featured in the Forrest Gump movie. "Mow, Forrest, Mow!" is something you see when you google that.
The Common Snapping Turtle is Virginia's largest turtle. It's carapace (top shell) will grow to 18 inches long, and they can weigh up to 45 pounds. Snapping turtles have a large head with a hooked jaw. Their colors are usually dull brown to black. They have webbed feet with long claws and a very long tail.
Snapping turtles are mostly nocturnal, active at night. They will feed underwater during the day, ambushing prey. These turtles are very shy in the water, but on land they are very agressive and will give a painful bite.