A foreign woman ran up to me and put it in my hand and said "Here you go, starfish, be happy! be smiley!"
This is the Royal Starfish.
The Astropecten articulatus.
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TheMarque 23 months ago | reply
@callmeteoritefinder Thanks! Certainly not fake!
@PhotoMasterGreg thanks! Used ISO 400 for this, so the colors are pretty perfect.
@Isugar1234 Its the Astropecten articulatus.
ALMOJIM ( ALFONSO M.) 19 months ago | reply
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Bella foto
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Wonderful colours!
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Wonderful image!
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Incredible color. How does it disguise itself?
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NANO CAT 15 months ago | reply
Greetings, TheMarque
"Thank you very much for posting a picture of the Royal Starfish, the photo is amazing, I hope you don't mind that I shared it on Facebook, and thanks for the information about the starfish, that great work too.
Around 30 years ago I found a dead one washed up on Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida. {"That's about 30 miles south of Jacksonville, Florida!") "I have the starfish today!" After all those years; the colors have faded over the years, it's about half as colorful now, in away that's what time will do to many things, fade the colors, the memories are bight as the day I found a Royal Starfish when walking a shoreline on that stormy day many years ago.
Best Regards,
PHG
babyvelvetqueen 8 months ago | reply
I have 3 that were dead and I picked them up on South Ponte Vedra Bch on th Atlantic ocean, they are stunning!
Shandchem 2 months ago | reply
Beautiful coloured and shaped starfish!