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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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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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:

Thanks guys! And thanks for taking the time to look, tons of pictures. I didn't even post all I took. :p

The purple starfish reminds me of the one from finding nemo that was in Dr. Shermans office tank lol

I can almost smell the salt ;):gj::gj:

Yay thanks for posting! :D I'm so envious, no tide pools on the stinking man made beaches where I live. I think that orange thing is some kind of nudibranch.
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Pisaster ochraceus starfish, made me smile seeing so many nice shots of them :) Ty Ty!


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OMG that is the coolest thing ever! I love ocean creatures, and that would have been awesome to do. We have nothing like that here. And man, that's got to be the biggest ***** starfish I ever saw!! I probably would have saved one to dry out n preserve! Very cool!

Awesome pictures. They make me miss my saltwater tank.

That's so cool! Definitely gonna have to get Andi up there!

Love all the photos <3 I am a reef fanatic and have been propagating corals for nearly 10 years now. Anything from the ocean gives me warm fuzzies!

There you go again, making me jealous! :D Beautiful pictures, DooLittle.

Awesome! WHERE IS THAT!?

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That's so cool! Definitely gonna have to get Andi up there!

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Yes you are. She would have fun. Let me know if you're coming up, we will meet you there. :) Sunday June 23rd its that low again.

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Awesome! WHERE IS THAT!?

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Washington. :D. I love it here.

Wow, that is so cool! I always wanted to see tidal pools like that...sadly I'm in FL.

Those are great finds! I'll have to have my girlfriend drag me around to the beaches down where she lives to see what I can find!

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Those are great finds! I'll have to have my girlfriend drag me around to the beaches down where she lives to see what I can find!

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Cool WHIPPEDDD whpshhhhh

I want to visit you on low tide. Those things look so cool! I'd be there for hours taking pictures of one organism :P. great pictures Doolittle. Love them loads XD


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Cool WHIPPEDDD whpshhhhh

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Hush you! lol

Holy crap, wherever you live, everything is beautiful and amazing! It would be so incredible to see all that sea life! Do people in your area have salt water tanks, because there were so many things in your pictures that I would want to put in ours! Also...you didn't know what that orange thing was but someone picked it up!? Lol.

Wow, I am so jealous. :( I wish I lived near the ocean. Awesome pics!

Great photos! I love them all!