an adult, female orca's back as she surfaces with a pink line of sea lion intestines caught on the front part of her dorsal fin

an adult, female orca's back and tail as she is diving with a pink line of sea lion intestines caught on the front part of her dorsal fin with her calf surfacing behind her

I met the CA27 pod today & they made quite the impression as we watched them eat a sea lion & surface more than once with intestines draped across their dorsal fins like a morbid, fleshy boa

🌊🌿🐋🐳🐬🦑📸

why are humpbacks so cute & goofy?

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it was wild moving to california & learning that many of the monarch butterflies migrate east to west, not north to south like they do east of the sierra nevadas

this is a cluster of overwintering monarchs on a eucalyptus in pacific grove's monarch sanctuary
(sorry it's backlit, early morning)
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a hilton's aeolid crawling on a rock in a tidepool

a yellow-lined cadlina nudibranch on the sandy bottom of a tidepool

an orange white-speckled sea goddess nudibranch crawling over a mussel in some sea grass

a sea lemon dorid exposed to the air on some red seaweed

a little more tidepooling to find my favorite squishies

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all of this was in the great tidepool at asilomar state beach in pacific grove, ca

a fluorescing mossy chiton on a rock surrounded by aggregating anemones

a fluorescing northern kelp crab in seagrass

a mossy chiton fluorescing among some.red seaweed

a starburst anemone fluorescing in a tidepool

I will never tidepool at night without a uv light again

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juvenile monkey-faced prickelback in a tidepool

a red rock crab in a tidepool

a pair of opalescent nudibranchs on a mussel shell in a tidepool

a cryptic little sculpin in a tidepool

🌊🌿🦀🐟🐙🦑

a shag-rug nudibranch with a hilton's aeolid in a glass bowl

a hilton's aeolid and a cockerell's dorid in a glass bowl

a sea lemon dorid in a glass bowl

a small spotted triopha dorid in a glass bowl with a sea lemon dorid

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a stiff-footed sea cucumber on some brown seaweed in a tidepool

a super tiny red aldisa nudibranch on a giant kelp blade

a sculpin in a tidepool

a purplish gray and orange dwarf mottled henricia sea star exposed to the air above a tidepool

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a colorful dirona holding onto the water's surface tension while an opalescent nudibranch crawls on some giant kelp nearby

a western brittle star looking cute and goofy in a glass bowl

a super tiny laguna beach aeolid in a glass bowl

a colorful dirona in a glass bowl

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white-speckled dorid crawling over a rock in a tidepool

a sculpin in a tidepool

a flame-lined chiton exposed to the air above a tidepool

a gumboot chiton in a tidepool

love a good wandering meatloaf & little tidepool sculpins

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I recommend a rechargeable headlamp & going out just before sunset to limit how much you have to travel in the dark

a stubby dendronotid on red seaweed in a tidepool

a Pacific rock crab in a tidepool

a bright pink dwarf sea cucumber with their feeding appendages out in a tidepool

a woody chiton crawling on a rock in a tidepool

🌊🌿🦀🐙🦑

a white-speckled dorid on red seaweed in a tidepool

a black abalone shell covered in barnacles, colonial tunicates, bryozoan, and others encrusting the shell

a less coated black abalone shell with bryozoans, colonial tunicates, and other tiny organisms encrusting the shell

a mutated orange bat star with six rays instead of five in a tidepool

I love how abalone shells can become mini reefs

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I used a dark beam 365 nanometer UV light

a tiny white-striped hermit crab in a wentletrap shell

a six-rayed star on a giant kelp blade

a large red orche star partially exposed to the air in a tidepool

a red cryptic kelp crab holding onto a clump of red and brown seaweeds

so many good finds while there was still daylight

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relatable

a small owl limpet fluorescing bright red and orange on a tidepool rock

a starburst anemone fluorescing bright green with pink and purple in a tidepool

a flame-lined chiton fluorescing in a tidepool

a striped shore crab fluorescing bright blue in a tidepool

one more night in the tidepools tonight & I had a blast seeing who fluoresces! just about every crustacean I found fluoresced including eelgrass isopods (couldn't get a good pic unfortunately)

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a yellow brittle star in a glass bowl

why are brittle stars such adorable echinoderms? I feel like this is a betrayal of my lab to admit but they are my favorites to find in tidepools

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a mottled yellow and pink bat star with its arms spread wide on top of a bed of kelp

slutty bat star

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a gumboot chiton crawling over a rock in a tidepool

I love finding a good wandering meatloaf

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a fluorescing porcelain crab in a tidepool

a fluorescing flame-lined chiton in a tidepool

10/10 would recommend bringing a dark UV light nighttime tidepooling

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a cockerell's dorid and hilton's aeolid sea slugs in a glass bowl

a hilton's aeolid and a shag-rug nudibranch in a glass bowl

a colorful dirona in a glass bowl

nighttime king tidepooling!

what is @samreich.bsky.social doing in there?

Find Help & Take Action Rapid response networks respond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions and raids in our communities and provide support to immigrant community members facing detention and...

the above website & www.iceoutofca.org/act.html have resource guides as well as info on state & fed policies to educate people the cases inevitably built against ice & federal government

some of the digital resources can be sent to people's phones if they have access to them during detainment

for my fellow californians, if you don't already have it, there are local phone numbers for rapid response/support teams to get legal assistance for people being kidnapped by ice in some cities & several regions of california if you see or suspect ice is in your area

www.ccijustice.org/carrn

only ice anyone should be defending is in the polar regions but I doubt many of these spineless cowards in office will do much to protect vulnerable communities by abolishing ice

Huey Newton's "To Die for the People" surrounded by lemon yellow mini skeins.

Lemon yellow mini skeins scattered around and with yellow mosaic pieces and yellow flowers scattered as well

Angled shot of Huey Newton's "To Die for the People" surrounded by lemon yellow mini skeins.

Day 9: "To Die for the People" by Huey Newton.

This collection, edited by Toni Morrison captures the vision of the BBP co-founder. Newton challenges police brutality, racial capitalism, & U.S. imperialism & calls for community self-defense, solidarity across oppressed ppl, & a better future. 🧶

I wish they were as empathetic as pigs

every time the sun tries to peak out from the marine layer, I'm like no, no, no, I should see you again until september!