Ocean Life

Krill
Found in a raw water filter, compared to a penny.
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Fractal Kelp
Giant Macrocystis found all over the Alaskan coast, it disrupts storm surge and provides a nursery for young fish.
Fancy Snail
Turban snails are a treat to behold, each one is "decorated" with encrusting corals and other marine life.
Moon glow
A cluster of moon glow anemones in the inter-tidal zone.
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Pearl and the anemones.
This abalone has found a spot among the plumose anemones.
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Superb Krill
Euphausia Superba is the Antarctic krill, one of the heaviest animals on the planet.
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GPO
A chance encounter with a giant pacific octopus in the shallows.
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Pearlecent Beauty
Opelescent Nudibranch a joy to find in nature, there are a great many slugs in the world, this one is quite lovely.
Awash
The shells of muscles and a snail on the beach of a small harbor 30 miles south of Juneau.
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Rainbow chitons
At low tide these Lined Chitons hide their beautiful colors under rocks.
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Herring
The biomass of herring come to spawn on the shores near Sitka every year has been historically enormous. A steady decline in population has made sac roe harvest less and less profitable.
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A cloud of herring
Herring are a major food source for many of the oceans mammals and fish.
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Smack
Moon or Luner jellies gather in great numbers to spawn. A gathering of jellies is called a smack.
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Opescent Slug
It is surprising what can be found on the side of a dock.
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Gastropod Gathering
Staghorn welks and pinto abalone often gather near outcroppings covered in an encrusting pink coral.
Hitching a Ride
Limpet covered in coral
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Splash of color
The colors of the tideline are surprising in the cold waters of Alaska.

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Ocean Life