Tuesday, January 29, 2013

A Nerve Wracking Experience

Boulder Scattered Tidal Zone, near Seawall, Acadia National Park, Maine  
© Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved
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A boulder strewn intertidal zone is exposed at low tide along a misty Maine coast. Growing abundantly here is a seaweed called rock wrack, more commonly known as rockweed. It is also known more indelicately as bladder wrack.

These mats of thick rock wrack are quite wet and slippery, so this hazardous tidal zone is no place to test your track and field skills... for if you do, you are very likely to encounter a most nerve wracking experience.

 
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20 comments:

  1. FocalesJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:08 AM

    Really very impressive these curious dévoreuses seaweeds. We have too in Brittany a variety of green seaweeds which are polluting and even dangerous for the health of animals and people.

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  2. Roland TheysJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:20 AM

    Photo that provide some texture and original, good photo Doug
    Nice day,Roland

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  3. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:25 AM

    That's a clever title. Nicely explained Doug!
    Duncan In Kuantan

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  4. ArndJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:09 AM

    Your thought-provoking photograph matches perfectly the concerns you depict with your words. Love the muted colors and the gloomy feel.

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  5. TonyJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:09 AM

    Nice photo and explanation. Love the textures and patterns made by the seaweed and terrain.

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  6. JoeJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:41 AM

    A treacherous landscape Doug. Have to hold your camera tight around here.

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  7. Adrian ParkJanuary 29, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    This photo could be from some parts of our coastline here in North East England, though I haven't found any spots with quite this much seaweed yet. It's a very nice gentle image that evokes a lovely sense of place.

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  8. hugoJanuary 29, 2013 at 8:56 AM

    Wonderful find and very atmospheric shot Doug! I could almost smell it! Love your light and natural tonality!

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  9. brattcatJanuary 29, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    so beautiful, doug.

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  10. Cezar and LéiaJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    I like the different textures, great picture!
    Léia

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 9:07 PM

    Interesting textures... and cold looking...

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  12. 黄清华 Wong Ching WahJanuary 30, 2013 at 12:27 AM

    Like a moving ground !

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  13. yzJanuary 30, 2013 at 4:54 AM

    awesome shot

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  14. Kathryn DycheJanuary 30, 2013 at 9:29 AM

    It reminds me of the rock pools growing when I was a kid that would be covered in seaweed. Super slippery stuff. My foot would slip into a rock pool with some huge looking creature in it and I'd be completely freaked out. Either that or I'd slip and land on my butt getting scraped by barnacles in the process. Love this shot.

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  15. alfonsoJanuary 30, 2013 at 1:22 PM


    · I love the harshness of the landscape that that coast makes.

    · hugs

     · CR · & · LMA ·

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  16. georgeJanuary 31, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    Well Doug you know what they say..."A pun is the lowest form of humour - unless you think of it yourself."

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  17. ChristopherJanuary 31, 2013 at 9:53 PM

    Love the almost tangible textures--I've walked plenty on this abominable stuff (and by walked I of course mean lurched comically).

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  18. franzFebruary 1, 2013 at 3:27 PM

    this photo captures much of the essence of the atlantic sea coast and of acadia in particular - the boulders, the sea weed, the mist ... this is as it should be, no sun needed !!!

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  19. rianFebruary 3, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    a scene during lowtide? wow, that's pretty neat.. nice catch!

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  20. DomLOrthaFebruary 13, 2013 at 8:21 AM

    Excellent scene and a great rendering of textures. Nicely seen, and done!
    Have a nice day.

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