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Science is Fun Fridays!

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 Vellela Vellela. Or, "By-the-Wind Sailors," are a free floating hydrozoan animal which live on the surface of the water.  They feed on planktonic crustaceans such as copepods. This one's upside down, and still has some tentacles attached.  They are related to jellyfish, as well as sea anemones. In this shot you can see a bit more of the sail shape - and an idea of the amount that was on the beach.  I thought it was plastic litter at first. Anyway, Bowie helped cleanup.  ^_^ NPS
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My Shots - Fort Bragg

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 Glass Beach delivered on glass, but it was also low tide, and we had more fun with that. Pudding Creek Trestle And a park in town. Bonus!   We drove down a little more south and checked out the pier in Point Arena.  I love this picture. And the lighthouse.
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My Shots - Caspar

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 With rains in the forecast, we headed south.  First stop, Russian Gulch State Park. We got a cabin nearby at the Caspar Beach Campground. It was a beautiful site.
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My Shots - Shelter Cove

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 Black Sands Beach. Seal Rock. And some more forest from the drive between. I found a four leaf clover!
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My Shots - Mattole

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  Mattole River. And from the forest you drive through to reach the beach. Around camp.
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Vacation Open Thread!

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  We should be on the coast by now, Mattole Camp. I'm hoping for a chance to spot some whales!!  April-May is peak season as they migrate from the south into the Arctic. I'll pop in when I can and let you know! Feel free to post whatever crosses your mind or your screen this week.  :-)
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Science is Fun Fridays!

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  The Orion spacecraft, on its way to the moon and back. NASA has a tracking  site , and this is a current screenshot. They also have a live mission broadcast. They just got their wake up call, "get some science done!" Operations
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