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August Moons seen from the beach

missbug — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:35:27 GMT

solar and lunar eclipse photos here:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080821.html

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Best beaches in Turkey

missbug — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:16:24 GMT

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/turkey/2563359/Best-beaches-Turkey.html

"Best beaches: Turkey
Turkey's beaches offer some of the finest stretches of coastline in the eastern Mediterranean, writes Dan Eldridge.
Ölüdeniz beach, Ölüdeniz

Why go?
They don’t call it the Turquoise Coast for nothing. The water here is an uncommonly crisp blue, and because the curved beach is so large, it can accommodate even the biggest of paradise-seeking crowds. There is mountainous scenery, and a famously calm lagoon along the beach’s western stretch. "

Check out the nice photos of these beaches!
Nora :)

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Birding along Alabama's Gulf Coast

Carol — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:44:55 GMT

Pack your binoculars, a field guide, your camera, and some good shoes to explore the Alabama Coastal Birding Trail on Alabama's unforgettable Gulf Coast. The trail is arranged in a number of loops that help you navigate spots that our feathered residents and migratory guests frequent.

The Alabama Gulf Coast plays host to many different kinds of birds, with habitats running from coastal to marshland to bay areas. This region on the Gulf of Mexico is also an important stop-over habitat for a number of migratory birds who make the area their transient home.

In summer months, the savvy bird watcher may spy the rare groove-billed ani in the canal near Lake Shelby. And in between sand dunes, you can catch a glimpse of the snowy plover, a shorebird whose California cousin is on the endangered species list. Snowy plovers' numbers are diminishing because of beach habitat disruption, caused mostly by humans and some animals. So be sure to tread carefully.

You'll find rare birds as they stop over during migration in places like Little Lagoon Pass in Gulf Shores. And Wade Ward Nature Park in the middle of Gulf Shores is home to a number of bitterns and rails. Lake Shelby, just east of Gulf Shores in Gulf State Park, is the ideal spot to look out for waterfowl.

There's something almost zen-like in watching the skies as a Great Blue Heron soars into view over the snow-white beaches of the coast to hunt for his dinner. Great Blue Herons are year-round residents to the region, where you'll find them along the shoreline, or nesting in trees or bushes near the water. You'll see a line of pelicans flying in over the Gulf, where they chase schools of fish into shallow waters for their dinner. They will plunge-dive right into the water to catch fish, then come up and toss it into the air to be caught in their bills for eating. And often, a fellow pelican will pirate the catch in mid-air!

More than 370 species of birds have been identified during migratory season at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, on the Birding Trail just west of Gulf Shores toward Fort Morgan. Bon Secour protects 7,000 acres of wildlife habitat and is on the critical migratory path leading south to lower Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America. Year-round, you can spot a number of egrets and herons, as well as red-tailed hawks, great horned owls, belted kingfishers and ospreys. Summer brings brown pelicans and double-crested cormorants, and occasionally anhinga and white ibis. Very rarely, you might catch a glimpse of a magnificent frigate bird or bald eagles.

The Alabama Coastal Birding Trail leads you through two counties, in loops designed to showcase the best areas to view birds in their habitats. The loops are close enough together that you can drive easily from one to another, using the trail signage as your guide. You'll find interpretive signs throughout the loops to help you on your quest. The area's Welcome Centers can provide you with maps and information on the Birding Trail.

Alabama's Gulf Coast is definitely a bird-watcher's paradise! But it's also so much more. You'll find plenty of opportunities for refreshment, distraction, and relaxation in beautiful Gulf Shores / Orange Beach.

For more ideas on where to stay, play, and dine, make sure to check out www.thebeachiscalling.org.

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Alabama Gulf Coast Beaches

Carol — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:33:31 GMT

The Alabama Gulf Coast has many great features for family vacations as well as romantic couples’ getaways. The area combined natural beauty with fun attractions and plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation.

Remember the last time you buried your toes in sugar-white sand, or dipped your hands into Gulf waters to cool your face and neck? Have you taken the opportunity lately to sling on sandals, to sip sauvignon on the deck of an open-air restaurant and watch silently as a heron fishes nearby for his dinner? Picture the routine of your days slowly slipping away as you step into a vacation filled with spontaneity, as you don cleats to pace off your ball on lush golf greens, or lace on sturdy shoes with good traction as you board a boat for deep-sea fishing.

Treat yourself to a splendid sun-filled, gulf-gazing getaway in Gulf Shores / Orange Beach, on Alabama's Gulf Coast. Relax on beaches that suit your style, whether you need handicap access, concessions, bathrooms with showers, and up-close parking, or natural, secluded space to doze between the dunes. Or choose a location close to volleyball and beach bars, with picnicking in mind. What's your mood? There are miles and miles of white sand contrasting with vivid turquoise waters awaiting your leisure.

www.thebeachiscalling.org

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A Fog Bow Over Ocean Beach

missbug — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:01:07 GMT

astro pic of the day - May 29, 2008:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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World's most dangerous beaches

missbug — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:09:28 GMT

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4518062a34.html

An interesting read...it probably won't keep me off the beach though ;)

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Marcelo Maragni - surf photographer

missbug — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:40:32 GMT

amazing photographs here to get all you surfers stoked :)

http://www.clubofthewaves.com/photographerprofiles/marcelo_maragni.html

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Rule the Beach Vollyball!

missbug — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:27:38 GMT

I'm not very good at this game but it's kind of cool to play...when you have nothing better to do! ;)
check it out here:
http://www.miniclip.com/games/rule-the-beach-volleyball/en/

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ghost forest on Oregon coast

missbug — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:37:39 GMT

this is pretty cool!

"High winds, heavy rain and powerful surf pounding the Oregon Coast recently uncovered a ghost forest known mostly through legendary tales in the small community of Neskowin."

video, pics, and more here:
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_040908_news_ghost_forest_neskowin.4968c130.html

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Most wonderful beaches

ik — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:44:41 GMT

So, I've been to hella beaches.
Lived on them my entire life.

The magazines and media claim that st. petersburg florida has the most beautiful beaches in America.
This is also the lightning capital of America.
and well, I disagree.

The beaches here are lined with hotels, and fake sand.

Yeah, the water is warm, but that's the only +

The beaches along California's north coast are far more beautiful, IMO. Even though the water is so cold.

I even got the chance to go to Maui a couple times, and they have some black sand beaches, and underneath the water is a rainbow symphony of sea life!

Maui, with the islands on the horizon, definitely has the most beautiful beaches I've pranced around on.

I'd like to know your guys' consensus on beaches throughout the world. GO!

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Sand Blows

Jazmin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:52:37 GMT

I had never heard of, let alone seen one of these before until last weekend when we went up to Rainbow Beach, Inskip Peninsula (south-east Queensland Australia) for a long romantic weekend away.

On top of a cliff is this HUGE expanse of sand that is gradually being moved inland by the elements over hundreds of years, gradually engulfing the forest and anything else that lies before it. It made me think of a glacier, except it's sand and it's moving inland. This one was named Carlo Sand Blow by Captain Cook after one of his crew when he discovered it back in 1700 & something.

I've posted some photos at our tribe photo place. Hard to do something so large justice, but have a look anyway. :)

Any of you been to or heard of Sand Blows?

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beach poetry

missbug — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:29:06 GMT

Beach Glass
by Amy Clampitt

While you walk the water's edge,
turning over concepts
I can't envision, the honking buoy
serves notice that at any time
the wind may change,
the reef-bell clatters
its treble monotone, deaf as Cassandra
to any note but warning. The ocean,
cumbered by no business more urgent
than keeping open old accounts
that never balanced,
goes on shuffling its millenniums
of quartz, granite, and basalt.
It behaves
toward the permutations of novelty—
driftwood and shipwreck, last night's
beer cans, spilt oil, the coughed-up
residue of plastic—with random
impartiality, playing catch or tag
ot touch-last like a terrier,
turning the same thing over and over,
over and over. For the ocean, nothing
is beneath consideration.
The houses
of so many mussels and periwinkles
have been abandoned here, it's hopeless
to know which to salvage. Instead
I keep a lookout for beach glass—
amber of Budweiser, chrysoprase
of Almadén and Gallo, lapis
by way of (no getting around it,
I'm afraid) Phillips'
Milk of Magnesia, with now and then a rare
translucent turquoise or blurred amethyst
of no known origin.
The process
goes on forever: they came from sand,
they go back to gravel,
along with treasuries
of Murano, the buttressed
astonishments of Chartres,
which even now are readying
for being turned over and over as gravely
and gradually as an intellect
engaged in the hazardous
redefinition of structures
no one has yet looked at.
SOURCE:
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/amy_clampitt/poems/5047.html

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NZ dolphin rescues beached whales

missbug — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:58:44 GMT

Dolphins sure are intelligent and sensitive creatures! I found this article on the BBC news website!

"A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become stranded on a beach in New Zealand."
Read more here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7291501.stm

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Beach Web Cams

missbug — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:05:06 GMT

For those of us who can't make it to the beach the following site has many different beaches on camera!
Check it out at:
http://www.virtualfreesites.com/cams.beach.html

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Nature's Anchor

missbug — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:30:46 GMT

Nature's Anchor by telfa_22 on Flickr Photos

see this beautiful photo here!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23737000@N08/2324749007/

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Life is a beach!

missbug — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:04:17 GMT

I really try to live by these words! I am happiest when I am on a beach close to or in the water :)
Many of us on this tribe are lucky to live by the beach but for those who can't I hope this tribe will be an inspiration or motivation for you!
Please share your experiences and photos of the beach with us beach-loving peeps!
thanks!
nora :)

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