Venus Comb Murex Seashell, Murex pecten or Murex Nigrospinosus Sea Shell Collection
Canon
A Wentletrap Seashell
I have always found the structure, designs, colors and symmetry of sea shells so amazing to me. This is a Wentletrap, from the Dutch word (wenteltrap) meaning spiral staircase. Wentletraps are usually white, and have a porcelain-like appearance with an intricately geometric shell architecture. These snails are sometimes called “staircase shells”, and “ladder shells”.
Great Blue Heron
A Great Blue Heron was flying over Lake Apopka. Lake Apopka is the fourth largest lake in the U.S. state of Florida and is located 15 miles northwest of Orland.
The Sun Rising over Biscayne Bay
The sun rising from across Biscayne Bay as viewed from the Deering Estate, Miami, Florida
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse
The Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse has an octagonal iron pyramidal tower that was built by the Russel Wheel and Foundry in Detroit Michigan in August 1905. The lighthouse stands 132 feet high and the construction is held together with bolts, there are no welds. The] iron piping is held together with 192 special cast iron joints and 80 tension rods with turnbuckles. The light is a bivalve Fresnel lens that emits a light measuring 5.5 megacandelas and is placed 135 feet above sea level.
Pompano Beach Fishing Pier
A morning walk beneath the Pompano Beach Fishing Pier
