Ochre Sea Stars and Aggregating Anemones, and one bold Periwinkle, Ecola State Park Tide Pool, Oregon Coast. Vertical Color Photograph: The dominant feature is the large purple Ochre Sea Star in the upper half of the center of the frame. Right below it, nestled between two of its widespread legs, is a large aggregating anemone. Snugged up against the lower right side of the anemone is and orange ochre sea star, and a bold periwinkle. Just below that in the center bottom of the frame is another purple ochre sea star. Other aggregating anemones are scattered around the frame.

Stars of the Sea Shore

Ochre Sea Stars and Aggregating Anemones, and one bold Periwinkle, Ecola State Park Tide Pool, Oregon Coast.

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A lone Ochre Sea Star waits amidst a colony of large mussels for the tide to return the water to Indian Beach at Ecola State Park on the Oregon Coast. Vertical color photograph: A colony of large blue-black mussels fills the entire frame. About 1/3rd of the way down from the top of the frame, just to camera right of the image center, a bright orange ochre sea star is visible where's partially tucked in amongst the mussels.

One is the Loneliest Number

A lone Ochre Sea Star waits amidst a colony of large mussels for the tide to return the water to Indian Beach at Ecola State Park on the Oregon Coast.

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Ochre Sea Star, tide pool, Ecola State Park on the Oregon Coast. Vertical color photograph: In the center/ top middle right of the image, an orange ochre sea star appears to lounging against the rocks. It's top two arms are draped over the rocks to either side and the bottom third of the sea star is under water - it looks as it it's sitting in a hot tub. Interrupting the sea star's reflection below it, you can see a large, green aggregating anemone under the water. The crevice the sea star is chilling in starts at the upper right of the image, just above the rock the sea start is resting against, and comes down in the image at a diagonal, leading the eye back to the subject. Barnacles dot the surrounding black rocks, and green and brown help dot the crevice.

Ochre Sea Star Takes A Break

"It's been a helluva a day and I am going to just sit here and have myself a damn break."

Ochre Sea Star, tide pool, Ecola State Park on the Oregon Coast.

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Ochre Sea Stars nestled in a mussel filled crevice between boulders on Indian Beach in Ecola State Park in Oregon. The sea stars feed on the mussels. Vertical image: black mussels encrusted with small barnacles surround two larger reddish ochre sea stars that have crawled down into their midst. in the lower right corner, deeper in the crevice, another sea star is visible.

Hiding in Their Dinner

Ochre Sea Stars nestled in a mussel filled crevice between boulders on Indian Beach in Ecola State Park in Oregon. The sea stars feed on the mussels.

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Ochre Sea Star in a tide pool at Indian Beach in Ecola State Park in Oregon gets a glimpse of the blue sky. Vertical image: at the bottom is sand and clear seawater which partially cover the large, orange, ochre sea star clinging to the bottom of an anemone and barnacle cover boulder that extends up to a the top third of the frame. There, blue sky and clouds take over.

Ochre Sea Star in a tide pool at Indian Beach in Ecola State Park in Oregon gets a glimpse of the blue sky.

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