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Extreme Tidepooling for Black Abalone
The Iridescent Ones, Black Abalone, Abalone Oriana Poindexter 8/5/20 The Iridescent Ones, Black Abalone, Abalone Oriana Poindexter 8/5/20

Extreme Tidepooling for Black Abalone

Of California’s seven abalone species, the intertidal black abalone is relatively easy to access. But that doesn’t mean that finding and photographing them, in the era of COVID19, was easy.

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View fullsize Monday was a five star day underwater with the gals 🌟

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📷 by @chelseamayerphotography @heidizumbrun
View fullsize A fresh batch of shell books washed up 💙🐚

These seven new bivalve books are available for purchase - each has 20 blank pages inside for thoughts, feelings, notes, doodles, poems, or a very short novel. 

Oregon Cockle shell books - 2 available 
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View fullsize 🌞 11.19.2025 🌞
View fullsize This is the last week to visit my exhibit in Newport, Oregon at Hatfield Marine Science Center! 

The exhibit ‘Cascadia Coast Exposures’ contains 26 pieces, all which are site specific and were created during my Artist Residency in Summer

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