Tide Photos
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tentacles in the Sand
This is one of the first shots with my underwater housing for
my camera. I've had it for a while and have not had a chance to
use it. The extremely low tides this week were a good opportunity
to go wading through the tidal pools taking pictures. 'Course, the water
was so shallow they were all extreme close ups, but that's just fine with me.
These guys are really
beautiful, they are related to jelly fish, but they stay on
the bottom, usually anchored to a rock under the sand.
The pretty colors come from a symbiotic algae living in
their translucent tissues.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Streams in the Sand
Been trying to get more exercise. The best place to do that
is the beach of course. (I feel like we are wasting the beautiful
place we live when we don't spend enough time on the beach.)
This week has been particularly fun because the low tides have
been extremely low and at a good time in the afternoon to get
there after the heat and for the good evening light.
I'm starting to experiment with an underwater housing for my camera
and I'll get some of the shots from that online in the next couple of
days. But there was something interesting going on that did not
require any special equipment. The tide was so low, that ground water
or just extra sea water was flowing from the sand for about four
feet up from the water line. That slow flow lined most of the beach
with these beautiful patterns.
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