Chained Salps are pelagic tunicates. They’re colonies of individuals, each with a nerve bundle visible through its transparent wall. This is only the second one I’ve seen here.
Chained Salp
Keawaiki black sand beach
The black sand beach at Keawaiki is seldom crowded. There’s a half mile walk to ge there and there are no facilities of any kind. This weeds out a lot of people! The beach is quite steep and if there’s much surf, it’s not great for swimming. But on a day like this it’s a lovely spot. This marked the end of hike I did, which hopefully I will get posted soon.
Epilaeliocattleya Volcano Trick ‘Paradise’
Another orchid from last year’s Hilo Orchid Show. This year’s show is in a couple of weeks and I plan on visiting again. Might have to do a couple of months of orchid photos!
Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
The Numbers Game #132
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 749. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Where’s my friend?
This donkey was striding purposefully in the pasture, after his friend, who I featured last month (here).
There’s something fishy going on here
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Groups.’ See more responses here. I’m going under the water for this. Captions on the photos.
Macaria Abydata moth
This moth, also known as the dot-lined angle moth, is native from the southern U.S. down to northern Argentina. It was first noted in Hawaii in 1970 and has since spread across the Pacific all the way to Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Why?
OK kids, follow me.
We’re going over to the other side.
Why mom? There’s cars out there.
Hmmm. Good point. Maybe that’s not such a good idea. About turn.
