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Apr 7 2018

Skywatch Friday…

Up in the sky, between Madurai and Chennai, South East India, 6/4/18…

 

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Mar 9 2018

Skywatch Friday, 9/3/18…

Is the end nigh? The sky seemed to be from another world…

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Shot on iPhone7 using a Moment wide lens with a little drama help from Snapseed.

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Jan 19 2018

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January skies, Paphos, Cyprus…

 

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Nov 17 2017

Skywatch Friday…

Strange little clouds this afternoon…

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Sep 29 2017

Skywatch Friday…

Clouds over the Hajar mountains, Oman, September 2017…

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Jun 16 2017

Skywatch Friday, 16/6/17….

Just a few clouds hovering over the Troodos mountains in Cyprus yesterday afternoon….

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Dec 30 2016

Skywatch Friday: 30/12/16

Stormy skies over Paphos, Cyprus last night. Today it’s pouring with the needed rain to fill the dams for 2017.

Happy New Year!

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Haustellum haustellum… Sri Lanka.
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Cypraea tigris, a Borneo gift… one of the gardeners gave me this as a present…
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Vasum turbinellum…L-R Sri Lanka, Borneo, Oman, Lombok.
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Babylonia areolata , Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
Babylonia areolata , Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
Lambis chiragra, Sri Lanka...
Lambis chiragra, Sri Lanka…
Sea Biscuit, Vietnam...
Sea Biscuit, Vietnam…
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Selection of sand dollars, small shells and Malleus alba … Con Dao, Vietnam…
Cypraea teulerie and Cypraea caurica, Bar Al Hikman, Oman...
Cypraea teulerie and Cypraea caurica, Bar Al Hikman, Oman…
Cellana eucosmia... Con Dao, Vietnam.
Cellana eucosmia… Con Dao, Vietnam.
Top right-Turbinellum pyrum, Centre-Hemifusus cochlilidium,Bottom- Pleuroploca Trapezium...Sri Lanka...
Top right-Turbinellum pyrum, Centre-Hemifusus cochlilidium,Bottom- Pleuroploca Trapezium…Sri Lanka…
Conus flavidus, UAE.. alive ...
Conus flavidus, UAE.. alive …
Umbonium vestiarium, Al Khaluf, Oman...
Umbonium vestiarium, Al Khaluf, Oman…
Cypraea teulerei, Masirah island, Oman...
Cypraea teulerei, Masirah island, Oman…
Fossil shells, Southern Oman
Fossil shells, Southern Oman
Conus Textile, alive....
Conus Textile, alive….
Small sand dollars, Con Dao, Vietnam...
Small sand dollars, Con Dao, Vietnam…
Umbonium vestiarium, Con Dao, Vietnam...
Umbonium vestiarium, Con Dao, Vietnam…
Bufonaria crumena, Oman...
Bufonaria crumena, Oman…
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Another view of the Cypraea tigris present…
Lambis lambis, Lambis chiragra and Lambis scorpius...Sri Lanka.
Lambis lambis, Lambis chiragra and Lambis scorpius…Sri Lanka.
Sea Biscuits...Con Dao,Vietnam.
Sea Biscuits…Con Dao,Vietnam.
Umbonium vestiarium, Borneo...
Umbonium vestiarium, Borneo…
Pleuroploca Trapezium. and Cypraea Tigris used as the tap handle...
Pleuroploca Trapezium. and Cypraea Tigris used as the tap handle…
Pteria tortirostis, Strombus vittatus, Malleus alba, Strombus canarium, Atys cyclindrica and Chlamys sp....Con Dao, Vietnam
Pteria tortirostis, Strombus vittatus, Malleus alba, Strombus canarium, Atys cyclindrica and Chlamys sp….Con Dao, Vietnam
Tonna Dolium, Sri Lanka...
Tonna Dolium, Sri Lanka…
Lambis chiragra finds...Sri Lanka.
Lambis chiragra finds…Sri Lanka.
Chlamys sp.,Sri Lanka...
Chlamys sp.,Sri Lanka…

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