Low tide... Tons of pics

We had one of the lowest tides of the spring/ summer this weekend. And we are fortunate enough to have a great beach with some awesome tide pools. Some of the pics aren't as great as I'd have liked, but it was raining. So I just pulled out the camera and snapped quick pics. I didn't stop to look until after that fact when I was home where It was dry. I didn't want to chance ruining the camera. So, here we go.

Snail
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These clams were huge.
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Gooey ducks.
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These shells are from moon snails
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These "plungers" are moon snail eggs
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A shrimp. He's hard to see. In the middle right under my watermark.
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No clue what this is.
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Crab
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All kinds of anenomes and sea cucumbers
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This one is called a Christmas anenome
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This one reminded me of a sliced onion
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These ones looked like cinnamon rolls
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Starfish. We saw 4 or 5 different kinds.

This particular one was about 24-26" across. I should have put something in the photo for size comparison.
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Underside of a starfish
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Baby star fish
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Thanks for taking the time to look. :)

Big star fish. Wooow.

the orange thing looks like it could be a starfish leg!

those starfish are awesome! Ive never seen a live one except in an aquarium.

Cool pics thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by iPanda

the orange thing looks like it could be a starfish leg!

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Hubby said it was called a sea pen or something. It actually looked nothing like a star fish leg.

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Originally Posted by tangell88

those starfish are awesome! Ive never seen a live one except in an aquarium.

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There are always tons of star fish here. But yesterday there were more than normal. The only kind we didn't see that are usually there are the blue ones.

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

Hubby said it was called a sea pen or something. It actually looked nothing like a star fish leg.

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ah. makes sense. I've never seen a real starfish xD

Those are beautiful pictures!! Thanks for sharing! I love the starfish too - very awesome. :gj:

Thanks for taking the time to post :gj: