Oceanic DNA by TwoPynts
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"The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself." ~ Archibald MacLeish, poet and librarian (1892-1982)
Near yesterday's Temple of the Blue Crab, I found this interesting ocean detritus washed upon the shore. I assume it is some sort of sea plant, a kelp with air bladders or some such thing. However, it reminds me of the discs of a spinal cord or the spiral pattern of DNA. I am continually amazed at how many things in nature echo the Golden Ratio. The movie Phi delved into this and is quite an interesting film if you happen to find a copy. Have a great weekend everyone! ----- Thank you for your crustaceous comments on my last upload, Beach Art - The Crab Temple.
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Comments (40)
nattarious
LooooooooL (@_@) That is a very beautiful shot my friend.. Love the abstract looking.. And the quality is amazing as well.. Thank you for the comment on Nathaie's Gift.. And i have to check your DragonFly now after finishing some paperwork .. Have a nice day and i will see you around my friend.. JOE
marybelgium
original and great find !
Star4mation
Well I've never seen one of those before!! :) Excellent!
wizardangel1
Fossil looking thing !!! Your walks along the beach turn-up some wonderfull finds !! Glad you keep a cammra !! We have lot's of interesting impressions of ancent sea life here in AK..THE CAVES here are very full of many sedementary layers ,,sea life wonderland of long ago !! Excellent snap !!
Digimon
That is awesome!! Love finding that kind of Flotsam and jetsam!! Having you find it and share it is the next best thing!! Now what about that 30ft tentacle? ANd the eye of the Kraken?
Angelsinger
That is really amazing. I have never seen anything from a beach quite like that! I'm curious, did you touch it? I wouldn't be able to resist. Of course, I'd probably end up with some strange, unexplainable rash or disease... :p But it's so tactile, I'd have to see what it feels like.
Zacko
Ocean detritus? Eh...in english please....or swedish even? LOL. Whats that? It looks like one of those candy-necklaces....not that i would wanna suck on it. Or perhaps its the spinal cord...chord?..from a watersnake or something. Regardless what it is, its a really cool find and capture. The only thing i ever found on a beach was some bathing trunks....eeeew. #:o/ Have a great day buddy!!! #:O)
Margana
ROTFLMAO!!!Oh my!Andreas is in top form I see,lol.I wouldn't recommend sucking on that thing either.Eeeeew!!!Anyhoo,what a weird and unusual find and what a cool abstract it makes.You always find the neatest things to photograph,Kort....Ew! Did I just say 'neat'??? Ewww! Who am I? Jan Brady?Yuck!I'm going to go slap myself now.Have a wonderful weekend,Kiddo.-M ;^)
RodsArt
"Great find" treasure hunter.
busi2ness
I am astounded by the shapes and forms nature lavishly offers to us, even without knowing anything about Fibonacci & Phi. Great composition and creativity.
killerpumpkins
Wow! What can we say? One of the finer points of nature. KP
grrrduhbear
A VERY GOOD FIND , THE OCEAN'S ARE NOT WHAT THEY SHOULD BE , THEY ARE DIEING THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND POLLUTION IS KILLING THE PLANTS IN THE OCEAN . WE SHOULD ALL BE AWARE AND TRY TO SAVE OUR PLANET INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE MONEY FROM IT'S RESOURCES .~~~~grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Hendesse
Interesting find and excellent capture. Art made by nature!
DavidEMartin
Fascinating structure! Reminds me of the "Apartment Buildings in the year 2000" as shown at the 1965 NY Worlds Fair. Polygonal housing modules stuck out like leaves from a central support shaft.
moochagoo
Wonderful idea. Mother nature is a good artist.
Onslow
Fascinating find - very dna like.
ACS-001
What really strikes me about this one is the composition. You got the whole thing in the shot, left some space to the side, and put a great, simple frame around it. In short, you know how to dress a good shot. The subject itself is also very interesting, and the impressive amount of detail made me stare at it really hard when it first came up. Just amazing.
Denger
Looks like a natural fractal... you find the most astonishing things! Good eye, Kort.
lafayette
Original and make a good shot suject, but what is this really?
PhotoSmith
Yep, Kort, I've been told more than once that my DNA must be twisted! Some people are always trying to be funny - what's a guy gonna do? Funny about the golden ratio - like the rule of thirds in photography. Or 2/3 to 1 to 1 1/3 as a pleasing proportion to build a house, set of cabinets, or perhaps a speaker cabinet. It's been found that there is almost no interior resonance in speaker cabinets that follow the rule of proportion! But I digress.... wonderful image. And I really like the way you always challenge our imagination.
SoulSearcherr
no idea what that is..but I find it interesting..S
CavalierLady
Very clever title!!
DennisReed
Fantastic find & capture! Cool quote! Bravo!
RH_Shutterbug
Fantastic shot! It is amazing, natures beauties!:)
Valerie-Ducom
oh, very original post and very strange thing!!! LOL.... Excelelnt wshot my friend!!! I hope you have a very nice and lovely day. good weekend and hugs ;)
jif3d
Yes Kort what a lucky find, so strange almost alien in form, I guess it's just shark egg sacks or a "Spinal tap " ! hehehe, neat shot Cheers
Hopalong
Whatever jif3d says--or maybe the cork floats for a Jellyfisherman, hehe. Pauling suggested the helix and came close, off by only one. The X-ray crystallographer was key. Crick was a close reasoner. Watson, standing on the shoulders of others, played with his ballser, molecular models.--WHAMMO!
jocko500
very good find here; love it
Biffowitz
I've never seen anything like that, interesting, very interesting!!!
sharky_
I like your idea, title and image. Excellent.... Aloha