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YvonneI posted another photo with shells. This one has more reflection and a different composition <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/shells?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/shellphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shellphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fotos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

DORIS_FFESSM_BioSubaquatique<a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Coquillages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coquillages</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/indoPac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indoPac</a> : publication ce jour de la fiche-Espèce de la troque-fraise.MATEJCEKOVA Miroslava, LE GRANCHÉ Philippe in : <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/DORIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DORIS</a>, 09/05/2025 : Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus, 1758), <a href="https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/5242" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/5242</a><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Mollusca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mollusca</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/biodiversite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversite</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Gastropoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gastropoda</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Trochida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trochida</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/redSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#redSea</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Oc%C3%A9anIndien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OcéanIndien</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/FFESSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FFESSM</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/coquille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coquille</a>

Dorine2Arranging shells <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/seashell?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seashell</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/shells?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/abstractphotoart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abstractphotoart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/abtractphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abtractphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/minimalism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minimalism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fotografie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amateurphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amateurphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a>

Kyiv Independent Daily HeadlinesTuesday, April 29, 2025 Zelensky slams Putin’s 3-day truce proposal as ‘manipulation,’ reiterates calls for 30-day unconditional ceasefire — Russia’s military building up at Finland’s border — Drones reportedly strike Russian plant producing parts for missiles, radars — Over 95% of drones used at front line made in Ukraine … and more <a href="https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/tuesday-april-29-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/tuesday-april-29-2025/</a>

Toni AittoniemiExample of how Ukraine fights:Cottage industry of manufacturing drone-dropped grenades, ground stations, repeaters, repair, etc..And obviously, there’s a cat 😸<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=GZOxm1VviSw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=GZOxm1VviSw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drone</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/grenade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grenade</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nafo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nafo</a>

Colin PurringtonPeople in eastern North America: CHECK EMPTY SNAIL SHELLS FOR BEES! An iNaturalist user in Ohio just found an eastern snail-shell mason bee (Osmia conjuncta), and I am soooo envious. The species has been found in Louisiana, Tennessee, Kansas, Virginia, New York, and Ontario, too, though some of those are awaiting confirmation. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/osmia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osmia</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/snails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snails</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/inaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inaturalist</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270932596" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270932596</a>

Colin PurringtonThis summer I'm going to try luring the eastern shell-nesting mason bee (Osmia conjuncta) into my yard. The species occurs in Pennsylvania but is extremely rare, probably because its preferred shell, Anguispira kochi, is presumed to be locally extinct. But Ontario populations of the bee are thriving and seem completely happy to use shells of Cepaea (an invasive from Europe) so I thought I'd give them a try here. Yes, I know this is futile. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/osmia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osmia</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/snails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snails</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cepaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cepaea</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ontario</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a>

Kyle he/himig: imonaugust <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/eyes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eyes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/shells?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pink?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pink</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blue?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blue</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/makeup?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makeup</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mua?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mua</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/model?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#model</a>

Colin PurringtonBeautiful print of Osmia conjuncta by <a href="https://spore.social/@minouette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@minouette</a>. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/snails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snails</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cepaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cepaea</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/@minouette/109755706800013312" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spore.social/@minouette/109755706800013312</a>

Feral StrumpetThese tiny, feminine cowrie shell earrings are reminiscent of a yoni shape with a rustic, Picasso finish. They are framed with sterling silver filigree & paired with freshwater pearls that have been salvaged/upcycled from broken vintage. They hang from hand forged sterling silver ear wires in my little cobra shape--perfect for pierced ears or for wearing through tunnels if you have stretched lobes.Earrings measure 1 3/4" or 4.5cm.<a href="https://feralstrumpet.com/products/upcycled-pearl-and-glass-yoni-cowrie-earrings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://feralstrumpet.com/products/upcycled-pearl-and-glass-yoni-cowrie-earrings</a><a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Jewelry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewelry</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shells</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Upcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Upcycle</a>

Lydia VvintersHaving a bad day? Go watch this charming movie about a little shell named Marcel. It's so incredibly sweet. I'm now planning on naming all the shells in my shell collection as soon as I find my emergency googly eye supply.<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15339456/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15339456/</a><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/googlyeyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#googlyeyes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a>

SaffyI started my talk yesterday woth some wonderful building stone - this is part of Scrivens Conduit and is part of a wonderful art trail created by Voices Gloucester as well being an amazing piece of history and a pretty thing in a park and of course the geology! The rock contains lots of shelly fragments and O think would be from Painswick <a href="https://voicesgloucester.org.uk/monuments/conduit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://voicesgloucester.org.uk/monuments/conduit/</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossils</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/limestone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#limestone</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/rocksROCK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rocksROCK</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/geologyROCKS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geologyROCKS</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/gloucester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gloucester</a>

ClamsplainingWhat are pearls?I often get asked what pearls are and why bivalves make them. Pearls are biogenic gemstones. This means they are valuable rocks made not by inorganic crystallization within the earth, like most gemstones, but instead are produced by life! Interestingly, they are living rocks, composed of true minerals. When I talk about minerals, I mean a solid substance with a known chemical composition and crystal structure. Pearls are specifically made mostly of a mineral called aragonite. Aragonite is a mineral made of atoms of calcium bound to an ion called carbonate. There are other minerals made from calcium carbonate, like calcite and vaterite. I’ll save those for another blog, and while those are present in small amounts in some pearls, the vast majority of the material is aragonite. The clam uses calcium carbonate to make pearls because it’s a conveniently available material: it’s also what they build their shells from!Aragonite has a very specific geometric crystal structure at the molecular level, but zooming out slightly, it can be found in a tremendous variety of microfabrics. Like the fabric of our clothes, the shell is essentially “woven” by the bivalve with a certain texture at the cellular level. There are hundreds of types of fabrics, ranging from structures looking kind of like brickwork, to plywood, to actual long fibers of carbonate. But the most valuable pearls are made of a form of aragonite called nacre, which is also called “mother of pearl” for this reason. The platy microstructure of nacre. See how the tablets are organized into interlocking columns! Source: Wikipedia Nacre is a very special biomineral for many reasons. To humans, it’s precious because of its beautiful, complex iridescence and luster, which has attracted our eyes for thousands of years. But most clams aren’t making the material for its luster- they value its microfabric. Nacre is made of billions of tiny flattened tablets of aragonite, arranged in tall interlocking stacks. Each aragonite tablet also has little bridges joining it to the neighboring tablet, meaning they don’t easily slide out of place. The plated structure also aids the shell in staying together. Even when fractured, the shell can stay together as plates slide to lock into another shape! Reviewing the various strengthening aspects of nacre, including the bridges that lock tablets together, the rough surfaces of the tablets that grip against each other, the organics that glue together tablets like mortar, and the tablets sliding into new locking orientations even if they break apart! From Zhao et al., 2018 Between the bricks of aragonite are a kind of mortar or scaffolding of protein, binding them all together. This protein scaffolding is extremely important to the overall material. Like the steel rebar in concrete, it strengthens the material, making it less brittle and therefore able to resist forces that might crush the clam’s shell, while still allowing for the material to be very thin. For us humans, those alternating layers of carbonate and protein act like thousands of layers of prisms, refracting the light into thousands of colors depending on the angle it is looked at, meaning that any light becomes a miniature rainbow when it passes through the structure of the nacre. A snuff box made from a nacreous bivalve shell, at the Vienna Natural History Museum This structure makes nacre a “premium” material for clams to build their shells from. It costs much more energy for a clam to make such an orderly microstructure and fill it with so much protein, up to 5% by weight, which is around 5-50 times how much organic material is found in more common forms of aragonite. Nacre is also more vulnerable to dissolving in the water surrounding the clam. For this reason, clams usually will only use nacre in the internal shell layer, isolated from the surrounding waters, using cheaper materials on the outside of the shell, or at least a protective sheath of protein on top (called periostracum). The nacre is present in mussels, oysters and other bivalves vulnerable to crushing pressures of waves as well as crushing predators like fish and birds. Nacre is like the bulletproof vest a clam uses to give itself a bit more powerful armor. Because pearls are made inside the shell, that’s why the most valuable pearls to us are made by oysters with a nacreous inner shell layer. The tropical pearl oysters (genus Pinctada) make some of the most valuable pearls, because it’s particularly rich in organic material and thus has a bright and complex lustre. Pearl oysters have extremely thin shells, which are strengthened by having a nacreous structure.Why do bivalves make pearls? Pearls are essentially part of the bivalve’s immune system. If a piece of sand or debris got under your skin, your body would encase the intrusive object with scar tissue. Bivalves can do better than that, because they use the material of the shell to wrap around the object. Anything can be an intrusive object- a piece of sand, an infection, or even a parasite. For example, pearlfish are parasitic fish specialized to live inside the shells of clams. If they die in the shell, the clam will dutifully set to work encasing the fish in nacre, like<a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Hansicle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Han Solo in carbonite</a>! A pearl oyster with a pearlfish wrapped in nacre against the inner shell. From the Natural History Museum London collection Most natural pearls are irregularly shaped, so cultured pearls often use round beads as the nucleus for the oyster to grow nacre around. The farmer wedges the oyster’s shell open, deposits the bead and leaves it for a period of time to allow the bivalve to deposit nacre. At harvest time, the oyster can be shucked to remove the pearl. Some experimental approaches even anaesthetize the oyster to remove the pearl, replace it with a new nucleus and repeat the process, potentially allowing for greater efficiency and humane harvesting, allowing the oyster stock to live for years!So next time you see a pearl, you can understand that the craftsmanship of these wondrous objects is the result of millions of years of evolution, combined with thousands of years of human ingenuity. Moving forward, researchers are attempting to learn to imitate the structure and methods that clams use to make pearls, which could lead to all sorts of improvements in materials science! Clams again prove their skill in engineering. They have a 500 million year head start against us, but we can always learn!<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/aragonite/" target="_blank">#aragonite</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/biology/" target="_blank">#Biology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/biominerals/" target="_blank">#biominerals</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/bivalves/" target="_blank">#bivalves</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/clams/" target="_blank">#clams</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/pearls/" target="_blank">#pearls</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://dantheclamman.blog/tag/shells/" target="_blank">#shells</a>

Laura Cochran<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fotograf%C3%ADa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografía</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bythesea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bythesea</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beach</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/beachplease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beachplease</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ItWouldMakeANiceJigsawPuzzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ItWouldMakeANiceJigsawPuzzle</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LauraCochranPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LauraCochranPhotography</a>

erisglass molluscs<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shells</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Glass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Glass</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beach</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Iridescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iridescent</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ocean</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spiral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spiral</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Blue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blue</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Green</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gold</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Transparent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transparent</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Luminescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Luminescent</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sand</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dreamy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dreamy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Img2img" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Img2img</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AiArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AiArt</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AiArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AiArtists</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AiArtCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AiArtCommunity</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StableDiffusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StableDiffusion</a>on actual stuff: <a href="https://aieris.art/featured/glass-molluscs-eris-and-ai.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://aieris.art/featured/glass-molluscs-eris-and-ai.html</a>

earthlingTo Russia with loveA soldier of the 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard carries a shell as the company fires an OTO Melara howitzer towards Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Pokrovsk, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>Photograph: Inna Varenytsia/Reuters <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ukraine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soldiers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a>

A Fool And His FujiLimpet Face 🙂 Lens: Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 XF Wide Angle on the Fuji X-T30<a href="https://c.im/tags/cumbria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cumbria</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fujifilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fujifilm</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photographer</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/maryport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maryport</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lakedistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lakedistrict</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coast</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/seashore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seashore</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/rocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rocks</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sand</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/viltrox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#viltrox</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

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earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ukraine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ukraine</a> December 2022 An expert of the prosecutor’s office examining collected remnants of shells and missiles used by the Russian army to attack the second-largest Ukrainian city of KharkivPhotograph: Aleksey Filippov/AFP/Getty Images<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/missiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#missiles</a>

kms✍🏻“And speaking of stones, what about The little ones you can Hold in your hands, their heartbeats So secret, so hidden it may take years Before, finally, you hear them?” -Mary Oliver<a href="https://toot.community/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/rocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rocks</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Naturephotography</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MaryOliver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaryOliver</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PayingAttention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PayingAttention</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/hearts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hearts</a>

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