Starfish Everywhere!

coldclimb

So short story is my wife and I, two very poor and happy climbers, hitched a ride on a private jet from Alaska to Portland, Oregon to visit family and see some things (and climb of course ). On one day we headed west to the beach, where in a few hours we checked out heaps and piles of thousands of starfish and anemones and a few other ocean creatures, so here's a few photos to share that experience with the rest of the world. Enjoy!

I think for this post I'm going to forgo captions because they'll all say "here's piles upon piles of starfish on the beach!" :rofl


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18: Headcrabs!




Hope this brightens your day!

ian408

I like that last one. She's a star

You're right about the piles of star fish though. If you want help with the the other stuff, Rickets & Hedgepath wrote a great book along with a couple of others called "Between Pacific Tides". Rickets really was "Doc" in Steinbeck's stories.

Maestro

The starfish and other mollusks are neat with those bright colors, but the crab image is really good. I like the composition.

Bud1880

The seashore seems to be a bit more colorful than the 'high altitude' shots you're used to posting. eh?

Beautiful.

Bud

Coconut

#11 is the best ... Orange is my favorite color.

Dogdots

Wow...there were a bunch of them all around. I agree...the orange ones are the prettiest as their color just pops.

Number 7 is good indeed. Those green things are strange tho...what is that?

dlplumer

Very cool series.

coldclimb

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Dogdots: the green things are anemones, all curled up inside themselves since the tide is so low. The rocks were crazy colorful with all these critters on them.

I was happy with #11 too, I stood waist-deep in the waves trying to time that one right.

Thanks again!