At the bottom of the lake

Overall an epic trip: lots of thunder clouds, much swimming, the tragic loss of the infamous pink sunglasses, sun rays, drinking at noon, water skiing , bad shuffling, dinos and curtis beating up the 8 year old...

Charleston

We love the mecca, not always the mudflats, but certainly on the last day of the term. Yep this is Summer in Charleston...

spineless soiree!

sooo... check out the sweet lemon dorid nudibranch costumes i whipped out. also annies sweet sponge that i assisted.

Best in show: tegula snail. carolines reaction... "wait. is that what I am supposed to be?"
anna as the dinoflagilate
parasitic isopod in a jelly
3/4 of group six: best group in show!
the party glasses made an appearance
creeper jana and her super long barnacle penis.
sad rhinophores
me as the rare tree dwelling nudibranchnudibranch creeping
awkward nudibranch
sponge...mmmmm
i heart annie and her 3 oscula
we are bringing the nuid costumes back to eugene for some fun stuff.

Cape Blanco

in other words: best field trip of the term!

My friend Annie with a ring spotted nudibranch

one of many epic shots on this epic field trip

Some bryazoan (white leafy looking things, also an animal) growing on some red algae

Special kelp that likes to live in sand scoured communities. It drops its blades and grows them back if they are damaged.

My other good friend Kaleo with a super sweet pycnopodia.

a tinnie tiny little nudibranch of the opalescent variety

decorator crab

that's all for now!