Sanibel Island

 

International Space Station 180mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov))

Sample #1

SANIBEL ISLAND 26.45N, 82.01W

The link is to shelling on Sanibel Island.

Sample #1

Sample #2

J.N. "DING" DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

BOWMAN'S BEACH

 

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)

 

 

1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)

2X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)

Sample #2

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)

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J.N. "DING" DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

White Pelican Sand Bar - C.F. Lindgren Photograph

I collected this sample from the side of The road at this turnoff where pelicans were sunning themselves on a sand bar.

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

 

 

1X* MAGNIFICATION (YELLOW LINE  = 2MM)

3X* MAGNIFICATION (YELLOW LINE  = 1MM)

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BOWMAN'S BEACH  26.45N, 82.15W

Bowman's Beach - C.F. Lindgren Photographs

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

 

1X* MAGNIFICATION (YELLOW LINE  = 2MM)

3X* MAGNIFICATION (YELLOW LINE  = 1MM)

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Detail of  Shell Layers at Bowman's Beach

The one word that I've always associated with Florida beaches is "shells." Bowman's lives up to that reputation. Just beneath each covering of sand is a layer of shells.

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