Patterns 2 a sea urchin by danapommet
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Same walk on Pompano Beach, Florida. Sea urchins or urchins are small, spiny, globular animals that belong to the class Echinoidea. They inhabit all oceans. Their shell is round and spiny, typically from 1.2 to 3.9 inches
(3 to 10 cm) across. Common colors include black and dull shades of green, olive, brown, purple, and red. Since this sea urchin shell, was tumbled around, by the tides and waves, the spines have all broken off. What you are looking at are the stubs of the spines. They move slowly, feeding mostly on algae. Sea otters, eels and other predators feed on them. Humans harvest them and serve their roe as a delicacy. The name urchin is an old name for the round spiny hedgehogs that sea urchins resemble. Information from Wikipedia.
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Comments (22)
Wonderful capture! thanks for the information
Awesome photo and information, cool.
Excellent capture! Look's like a hair bun my grandmother had. Very cool!
Wonderful shot!
Excellent detail! Very well done.
Absolutely beautiful Dana, this is really fascinating, loved it! *******
Amazing detail and perspective - great shot Dana!
Nice shot, I used to have one of these as a kid, pink if I remember right.
Gorgeous pattern.
Great shot.
Very beautiful and also interesting photoshot...excellent capture.
Nature is the best artist for sure- well done!
This is beautiful! One of my favorite things to find on the beach. Many time I'd find them empty of the animal, but still with spines on...just put outside in the sun (very stinky!) for a few days to really dry out and then brush the spines off and you have a wonderful shell like this. Beautiful shot!
Excellent macro Dana! love the lighting and all the detail.
It looks like a beautiful pearl, great image!!!!
wonderful close up!!! Flavia & Sandra (still in Prague ;-D!!)
Wow Dana, a beautiful close-up of the delicate creates shell. Thanks for the info too!
Magnificent lighting effects really pop out the wonderful texture in this magnificent macro, Dana!
Beautiful work!
Superb! I really like the textures of this image! The subject is most unique and creative, captured with such marvellous lighting and technique! Excellent artwork!
Oh, I love these, gorgeous bumpy patterns...
Dana this is so spectacular and round...almost perfect in itself! And thanks for the nice welcome back!