Braved -7F/-21C to go see the sea smoke this morning. Worth it. Otherworldly!

#PolarVortex #seasmoke #OceanDevotion

Good morning sequence. I was hoping for a red burning sky this morning with this massive storm approaching, so I got to the beach before 6 when it was pitch-dark and stayed until 7:15. No red burn, but was pretty anyway! Chilly though: 22°F/-5.5°C
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alt: 4 views of dawn on the beach from first light until sunrise. The colors change a lot.

Found this nice channeled whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus) shell this morning. It’s nearly 7”/18 cm long and about 4”/10 cm wide.

They live in shallow waters and are predators who love to dine on clams.
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Good morning and Happy Solstice*!

It’s rather chilly: 20°F/-6.6°C but here’s sunrise on the shortest day.

*Solstice here is actually at 4:47 pm today. But sunset is at 4:19

#OceanDevotion #Solstice

Good morning!
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This morning’s sunrise. (I’ll get better at sharing these in the actual morning as I get more used to the prehistoric pachyderm. Hopefully, I’ll find a viable way to do the video version that people loved in that bird place.)
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That other place is devolving rapidly, so I guess it’s time for me to focus on the hairy elephant. Which feels daunting, tbh.

Anyway… I guess I can start with my #OceanDevotion pics and videos. This was this morning’s beach sunrise after last night’s first snow of the season.

Good morning!
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Good morning! It’s seems Mastodon can’t handle the size of my #OceanDevotion videos, so until I figure out a workaround, here’s a pic of today’s sunrise.