Patterns 2 a sea urchin by danapommet

Photography • Animals • posted on Mar 27, 2010

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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. ZOOM is a must! Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous comments and favs. Dana

Comments (22)

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Faemike55

9:10PM | Sat, 27 March 2010

Wonderful capture! thanks for the information

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elfin14doaks

9:11PM | Sat, 27 March 2010

Awesome photo and information, cool.

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kbrog

9:28PM | Sat, 27 March 2010

Excellent capture! Look's like a hair bun my grandmother had. Very cool!

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watapki66

9:48PM | Sat, 27 March 2010

Wonderful shot!

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auntietk

10:38PM | Sat, 27 March 2010

Excellent detail! Very well done.

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mgtcs

10:42PM | Sat, 27 March 2010

Absolutely beautiful Dana, this is really fascinating, loved it! ***

whaleman

1:23AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Amazing detail and perspective - great shot Dana!

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Katraz

1:27AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Nice shot, I used to have one of these as a kid, pink if I remember right.

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babuci

1:56AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Gorgeous pattern.

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zil2008

1:59AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Great shot.

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adrie

4:52AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Very beautiful and also interesting photoshot...excellent capture.

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GBCalls

7:57AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Nature is the best artist for sure- well done!

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Erestorfan

8:45AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

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!

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DAVER2112

9:01AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Excellent macro Dana! love the lighting and all the detail.

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jendellas

10:51AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

It looks like a beautiful pearl, great image!!!!

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flavia49

11:10AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

wonderful close up!!! Flavia & Sandra (still in Prague ;-D!!)

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junge1

1:46PM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Wow Dana, a beautiful close-up of the delicate creates shell. Thanks for the info too!

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goodoleboy

6:47PM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Magnificent lighting effects really pop out the wonderful texture in this magnificent macro, Dana!

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Alex_Antonov

9:33PM | Sun, 28 March 2010

Beautiful work!

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tofi

9:38PM | Sun, 28 March 2010

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!

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