All Washed Up
by Allan Van Gasbeck
Title
All Washed Up
Artist
Allan Van Gasbeck
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Photograph - Photography - Digital Photography & Digital Art By Allan C. Van Gasbeck
Description
Unfortunately for these small sea creatures, the wind and tide combo made this tidal flat their ultimate destiny. This photograph was captured near Kalaloch Beach in Olympic National Park, Northwestern Washington State in April 2015. We were amazed at the tens of thousands of these creatures who normally reside on the open ocean. Left to the mercy of the wind, hordes of them are washed upon the shores of the west coast from time to time. Velella is a cosmopolitan genus of free-floating hydrozoans that live on the surface of the open ocean. There is only one known species, Velella velella, in the genus. Velella velella is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella. Velella velella lives in warm and temperate waters in all the world's oceans. They live at the water/air interface, with the float above the water, and polyps hanging down about a centimetre below. Organisms that live partly in and partly out of the water like this are known as pleuston.
Featured in the FAA group Scenes From A Beach.
Featured in the FAA group Seashells and the Seashore.
Copyright Allan C. Van Gasbeck, 2015 to the present. All Rights Reserved.
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September 8th, 2015
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