FINE SUMMER DAY

 really low tide again

a SEA STAR not a STAR FISH

There are some 2,000 species of sea star living in all the world’s oceans, from tropical habitats to the cold seafloor. The five-arm varieties are the most common, hence their name, but species with 10, 20, and even 40 arms exist.

Beyond their distinctive shape, sea stars are famous for their ability to regenerate limbs, and in some cases, entire bodies. They accomplish this by housing most or all of their vital organs in their arms. Some require the central body to be intact to regenerate, but a few species can grow an entirely new sea star just from a portion of a severed limb.

Pycnopodia helianthoides, commonly known as the sunflower seastar, is a large sea star found in the eastern Pacific. It is the largest sea star in the world, with a maximum armspan of 1 m (3.3 ft). Sunflower seastars usually have 16 to 24 limbs, their color can vary widely. They are predatory, feeding mostly on sea urchins, clams, snails, and other small invertebrates.(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

  Beautiful, sunny, clear, warm day, perfect for a nice walk on the beach.  Got my weekly dose of vitamin D.

More people on the Agate Beach  than I have ever seen even on the hottest weekends. 

The dock (June 11 post)is still there. It will be dismantled and hauled away soon.

Newport Bridge again

Minus Tide and starfish (starfishes?) and sea anemones visible on the rocks.

These are obviously not from Japan. 

Almost every day somebody is draggin floats away from the beach.

Some are from Japan (maybe from the tsunami, mabe not) but most are local.

Still standing.

This tree landed on the beach at the end of March 2011.  The sand is covering it more and more,

branches broken and at some point it rotated 180 degrees.

The sky, the Cloud and the Wave.

This cloud was amazing, the red cast on top cought my eye. 

I first thought it was my polarizing sunglasses coloring the cloud.

super moon - super low tides