Hollywood Beach, FL Sunrise with Palm Trees
Hollywood Beach, FL
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Queen Conch
The Queen Conch, otherwise known as the Aliger gigas or Strombus gigas, is a large sea snail that eats plants and algai.
It is native to the Caribbean Sea, and tropical northwestern Atlantic, from Bermuda to Brazil.
International trade in the Caribbean queen conch is regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) agreement, in which it is listed as Strombus gigas. This species is not endangered in the Caribbean as a whole, but is commercially threatened in numerous areas, largely due to extreme overfishing.
The Queen conch displayed in this photograph is over 50 years old and still holds it’s shine! I bought it when I was in Bimini from a street vendor as a teenager.
Hillsboro Inlet as viewed by a DJI drone
Hillsboro Inlet as viewed by a DJI drone flying under an FAA Waiver with a part 107 remote pilot license
The Sundial Seashell
The Sundial seashell, Architectonica perspectiva, are found around the world and is a marine gastropod mollusk
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.
