Abnormally warm patches of water in the Pacific Ocean have had a disastrous effect on marine life since 2010. Now we may know what’s causing these giant “blobs” to keep appearing. Science Alert has more, including how a policy designed to improve environmental conditions may have negative consequences. https://flip.it/cx7s4L #Science#Environment#PacificOcean
By-the-wind sailors, Latin name Velella velellas, spotted out on Monterey Bay but thousands of these are blowing onto Bay Area beaches now. They're related to jellies but not actually jellies. #NaturePhotography#Jellies#PacificOcean#Monterey#California
One creature happy with all the by-the-wind sailors west of Monterey was this common mola (Pacific sunfish) that was gobbling them up. #fish#Monterey#PacificOcean
For #MeerMittwoch here's a sunrise with colorful pink clouds over the ocean and the strange coastal rock formations at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, California; photographed in February 2024.
While poking around in my photos from a Spring trip to L.A., I found this unprocessed file. I loved how the sun was two-toned against the gradient of the sky and silhouette of beach and lifeguard tower.
I only added a slight amount of contrast to the RAW file, everything else is as natural as possible.
A Creamsicle is an American vanilla ice cream/orange sherbet confection that has been around since at least my childhood.