We were driving to work this morning when it started to hail. I haven't seen hail very often in Bodega Bay, so I was pretty excited. I asked Eric to pull over so I could take a few pictures. I tried recording a short video (see below). And then, since the hail wasn't melting very fast, I went down to the beach to photograph the hail on the sand for the record. [If you can't see the video below, click on the title of this post to go to the website.]
I think I've only seen this once or twice in the last 10 years or so —
hailstones being pushed up into a drift line by the waves:
Most of the hailstones were ~4 mm across:
Next, here's a series of photos with marine flora and fauna for context.
With coralline algae (bleached by the sun):
With snail egg capules:
With a small sea urchin spine:
With a springtail (collembolid) on a hailstone (upper left corner)!
No comments:
Post a Comment