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Starfish Everywhere!

coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
edited July 16, 2009 in Wildlife
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 :D). 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!
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Hope this brightens your day! :D
John Borland
www.morffed.com

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    ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,919 moderator
    edited July 15, 2009
    I like that last one. She's a star :D

    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.
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    MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    The starfish and other mollusks are neat with those bright colors, but the crab image is really good. I like the composition.
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    Bud1880Bud1880 Registered Users Posts: 500 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    The seashore seems to be a bit more colorful than the 'high altitude' shots you're used to posting. eh? :D

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    Bud
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    CoconutCoconut Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited July 16, 2009
    #11 is the bestmwink.gif ... Orange is my favorite color.
    I'm not Strange. I'm just Misunderstood.:dunno
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    DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2009
    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?
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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2009
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    coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2009
    Thanks for the comments everyone! :D

    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. :D

    Thanks again!
    John Borland
    www.morffed.com
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