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Purple sea urchin can grow up to 3 inches (7 cm) across and are found in the Pacific from Vancouver Island to Isla Cedra, Baja California and are prey to sea otters (among others). Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
Sand dollars live below the average low water mark on top of or just beneath sandy or muddy surfaces. Spines on the somewhat flattened underside of the animal allow them to burrow or to slowly creep through the sand. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Sand dollars (Dendraster excentricus)
pines such as these are found as a backdrop to Spartina marsh within the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Pine tree
A golf course is adjacent to hardened shoreline in Ocean Pines, Maryland. An Oyster Gardener grows oysters in a Taylor float nearby (foreground).
Golf course at Ocean Pines
A golf course with a sand trap is situated adjacent to a hardened shoreline at Ocean Pines.
Golf course adjacent to hardened shoreline
This tree is found along the trail to Telescope Peak. It struggles against winds and altitude. Death Valley has quite a variety of topography and geologic formations.
Scrubby tree at high altitude
Illustration of outrigger canoe
Outrigger canoe 1
Illustration of outrigger canoe
Outrigger canoe 2
Illustration of outrigger canoe
Outrigger canoe 3
Illustration of cyanide fishing boat
Cyanide fishing boat
Illustration of cyanide fishing squeeze bottle
Cyanide fishing: squeeze bottle
A dead ponderosa pine tree standing between to live ponderosa pines.
Ponderosa Pines
Loblolly pines (Pinus taeda) above the marsh at Assateague National Seashore. Chinoteague Bay is in the background.
Loblolly pines
Houses and private jetties on the St. Martins River
Houses and Jetties
Ocean Pines boat launch
Ocean Pines
House and Jetty
Private Jetty

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