Good morning everyone.

N is for Niagra Falls

I meant Niagara, oops! What I can I say it still feels early to me.

and neighbors...

Have a "Nice" day everyone!



a Nippon Lily.



Night Meteor Lilly

can you tell I am ready for Spring flowers! lol

Nudibranch

An interesting little story here

http://www.easttnreefclub.com/articles.html

Hola!!!

I can finally participate in this thread and hopefully the pic will work "N" for nieces.
These are my nieces and their children.

Well, it sure didn't work, I'll try it later!!!

N is for Netto at Capt. Don's...

Annie B,
About that story,
Nudibranchs eat hydroids and encase the stinging nematocysts in their bodies as a defense against predators. No wonder she had such a reaction!
Three words for all who see interesting stuff under the water:
Look, don't touch.

Mare

Hmm, we're a little low on N's...let me look here....how about Nieuw diver Alison last summer?

Some N's

Napoleon (from the old web cam location)


Neon Gobie


Nubble Lighthouse (I know I used L for this also, tough, I have way to may pictures of this).


Niagra Falls

Anybody remember Nattering Nabobs of Negativity?

yuk yuk

And another view of the abdandoned northern lighthouse

NICE ones Niki! Glad to see some more N's appearing! I have a vague recollection of the NNN's...from the 60's???

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Niki last summer when she and Bob were there helping to re-install the webcams at thier new location!

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New York City August 2000 when we visited the Empire State building (pretty fuzzy, it's a pic of a pic from the pre-digital days)

Nice Babs! Was going to post that Hi Mom yesterday, but got too busy... One of the very first images on the day of the new cam location! That was really fun! I remember squinting into the sun for the full two minutes... Seemed like forever! Explains the fading smile. :-|

NNN above: Spiro Agnew, 70's....

seems to me it was on SNL ???
here are a few N's

Nightfall

Nose Games

My nephew Nathan

Here's a better one of Nathan

Mare. I had to look up hydroids. LOL. Very interesting, and I learned something new.

http://search.lycos.co.uk/searchFrame/searchframe.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seaslugforum.net%2Fhydroids.htm&query=hydroids&SITE=uk&cat=web&qstr=SITE%3Duk%26query%3Dhydroids%26cat%3Dweb%26x%3D38%26y%3D16

Oops! that's a long link, and I don't know how to make a short cut.

Oh my goodness! I got so involved reading Annie B's link that I forgot to post
N is for stinging Nematocyst, the mechanism that enables box jellies (sea wasps), siphonophores (portuguese man-of-wars and paired bell siphonophores) and hydroids to sting you.

Here is an enhanced (lots of contrast added so you can see the thing) shot of a paired bell siphonophore. The parts of the critter that have the stinging nematocysts are the little gobs on the tentacles.



Mare, the Critter Nerd

Mare. I have photographs somewhere of giant portuguese man-of-wars measuring over 3 feet across. They were washed up on a Devon beach here one year. Yikes!

N is also for nightmares. I may have one tonight after watching the Texas Chain Saw Massacres.

Sweet dreams buddies.

Nighty Night all!

Thanks for all the great pics and quips!

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A bonaire Nudibranch

Great photo and I think I have a Nudibranch photo from our Palau trip..