Beach Snow / Jellyfish
It is easy to see where the high tide line is here.
There were several of these interesting gelatinous creatures that had been washed up on the beach.
I want to call them jellyfish, but I’m not sure. They might fit into the cnidaria phylum, but I would appreciate anyone who could tell me what they are.
I love looking at the patterns that form when the tide is going out. This could be a photo taken from 20,000 feet, even though it isn’t.
Jellyfish
The only thing I thought I knew about jellyfish turns out to be wrong. They are not arthropods. (I guess I do know something else, and that is that there is no way I will ever intentionally touch one.) This guy was about the size of half a cantalope. It looks out of focus but isn’t. People eat a lot of weird stuff from the sea, but I have never heard of anyone eating jellyfish.
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