Oceanic DNA by TwoPynts

Photography • Sea/Undersea • posted on Aug 11, 2006

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"The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself." ~ Archibald MacLeish, poet and librarian (1892-1982)

Near yesterday's Temple of the Blue Crab, I found this interesting ocean detritus washed upon the shore. I assume it is some sort of sea plant, a kelp with air bladders or some such thing. However, it reminds me of the discs of a spinal cord or the spiral pattern of DNA. I am continually amazed at how many things in nature echo the Golden Ratio. The movie Phi delved into this and is quite an interesting film if you happen to find a copy. Have a great weekend everyone! ----- Thank you for your crustaceous comments on my last upload, Beach Art - The Crab Temple.

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Comments (40)

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oscilis

10:18AM | Sat, 12 August 2006

That has me so puzzled. Maybe it's some kind of soft sea coral? Or from some sort of deep sea animal. Did you find it after a storm? I've looked at lots of marine sites because of this and the only thing I have retained is that the sea cucumber can turn itself inside out. Great photo. I'm going to keep looking...

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nongo

8:07PM | Sat, 12 August 2006

Actually, this is a whelk egg case, and believe me the fisherman really dont like to see these, they have a huge hunger for oysters, clams, & mussels, some coastal towns offer a reward for them dead or alive... What you took a photo of is where the eggs live and it's sometimes called the "Mermaid's Necklace", I've copied & pasted some ino here for those interested... Very cool find though, and actually the best photo I could find was, nowhere near as fantastic as yours!!!!!!!! ~~~ Mating and egg laying also occur during the spring and fall migration. Internally fertilized eggs are surrounded by a transparent mass of albumen, a gel like material, and are laid in protective flat, rounded egg capsules joined to form a paper-like chain of egg cases, commonly called a "Mermaid's Necklace". On average each capsule contains 0-99 eggs, with most strings having 40-160 capsules. After laying their egg cases, female Knobbed whelk will bury one end of the egg case into the substrate, thus providing an anchor for the developing fertilized eggs and preventing them from washing ashore where they would dehydrate. Fertilized eggs will emerge as juvenile Knobbed whelk approximately 4 mm in length.

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Richardphotos

9:37AM | Sun, 13 August 2006

weird looking stuff but very intriging as your capture

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Chaos911

3:08PM | Sun, 13 August 2006

what a F A N T A S T I C shot and work!!!! super cooooool!!! :)

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addiek

1:20AM | Mon, 14 August 2006

what an interesting thing... worth pickling for posterity

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Gor111

8:12AM | Mon, 14 August 2006

Fantastic macro shot of this so wonderful washed out ocean detritus. Excellent camera settings and POV! Bravo!!!

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zoren

11:25AM | Mon, 14 August 2006

incredeble things found near the surf, great eye and photo.....

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evilstoy

1:24PM | Mon, 14 August 2006

Wow, i have never seen that before! Amazing shot +++

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ligt

1:07PM | Sun, 20 August 2006

very beautiful

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odie

6:45PM | Sun, 03 September 2006

ahHA! I found it. I am currently writing a paper on the "Golden Section" and how it relates to the rule of thirds... this is so cool!! THanks for the links and your neat discovery. :0)