Planet Ocean
Pics from the edges of my favorite planet. I have left the edges a few times and ventured into the deep.. at least 80 feet of water 25 miles or so offshore, for a few wreck dives. Sadly, I did not have an underwater camera for those. On the mid-Atlantic coast, the sandy bottom seems devoid of life (stuff is buried or swims right past). When you drop a ship on the bottom, it becomes a reef, a solid place for little things to attach, which attracts bigger things, which attracts bigger things...
The littoral zone, the swash zone and the other edges of the sea have lots of interesting stuff too. In shallow back bays you can sometimes put on a snorkel and drop in to see things that swam in from the sea.
The littoral zone, the swash zone and the other edges of the sea have lots of interesting stuff too. In shallow back bays you can sometimes put on a snorkel and drop in to see things that swam in from the sea.
Marine Explorers
Many seaside parks like Assateague national Seashore and Cape Henlopen State Park do Marine Explorer programs. Arm kids (and some adults) with nets and strainers, line the shore with buckets and wading pools and sea what you find. Naturalists interpret the finds. Assateague's Marine Explorers checks out what's in Tom's Cove. I often check out what's in the bay west of Chincoteague out of Donald Leonard Park. And there are a few things that live under the sand on a relatively undisturbed beach.
