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8th: nautical curves

Uploaded:: Tue 08 Mar, 2011 6:31 pm

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Image taken on:: Tue 08 Mar, 2011 1:32 pm

Focus length:: 9.1 mm

Shutter speed:: 1/15 Sec

F-number:: F/4.4

ISO speed rating:: 64

Whitebalance:: Auto

Flash:: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

Camera-model:: PENTAX Optio W80

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jusmee

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Image Description

This beautiful Paper Nautilus shell is actually built by the female Argonauta argo, a pelagic octopus, to protect her eggs. It curves gracefully outward from the centre of the shell, lit here from underneath with the light shining through due to the extremely thin, fragile shell.