Sunday, August 28

Beachcombing in America!

Is there a simpler summertime pleasure than strolling a beach to collect the shelled treasures that wash ashore? Well, only eating ice cream in bare feet, perhaps, though those can go hand in hand. Follow our lead for the best beaches for beachcombing across the USA and get ready to fill your buckets with sand dollars, shark’s teeth, sea glass and more.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/2016/08/26/best-beachcombing-beaches-around-usa/89358988/

USA Today shells Keewaydin Island FL 1 credit to Naples,

Wednesday, August 24

Beachcomber think’s he’s found balloon adventurer's gas canister

A beachcomber believes a large gas tank that washed up on the West Australian coast is from the hot air balloon Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov famously used to fly around the world.

In July, Mr Konyukhov, 65, broke the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth in a hot air balloon, landing safely at the small WA town of Bonnie Rock, 11 days after launching from nearby Northam.

A hot-air balloon inches away from the ground with oxygen bottles on the outside of the gondola as people watch on.

 

The canister found on Myalup Beach.

Tuesday, August 23

Beachcombing is a longstanding tradition on Texel, the largest of Holland's West Frisian Islands

What washes up on the island's shores? Apparently airplane propellers. Jars of money. Mammoth bones. Lots of messages in bottles.

The nearby shipping lanes, strong currents, and steady winds make Texel a magnet for anything adrift in Northern Europe…..

http://www.coastalliving.com/travel/other-coasts/treasure-island-texel-netherlands

Seashells

Thursday, August 18

Mudlarking

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“the sound and smell of dying centuries” of the "river highway"  [It’s basically a book review, but interesting]
http://www.splicetoday.com/writing/london-in-fragments-a-mudlark-s-treasure

 

Tuesday, August 16

Stubby Squid

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A species that looks like a cross between an octopus and a squid, but is most closely related to a cuttlefish. "This species spends life on the seafloor, activating a sticky mucus jacket and burrowing into the sediment to camouflage, leaving their eyes poking out to spot prey like shrimp and small fish,"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEhYJEQmExE