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What if we enacted a worldwide “take more trash than you came with policy”? And everyone carried around a small bag with them, and when they went to all those cool view spots to take pictures there was a mandatory five minute pick up to keep the place looking nice and ecologically healthy! #5minutebeachcleanup #earthlyreparations #ecology #zerowaste #plasticfree #debtstotheearth #oneresponsibility

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Starburst (or Sunburst) anemones just barely making a peekaboo during low tide in Muir! 👀 Hydration is #1 so if daddy Poseidon😩💦 limits their pool time they hide away inside themselves cause I mean sunlight causes wrinkles!!! These baddies are differentiated from other aggregating anemones by their gorgeous radiating lines of purple and teal tentacles. They were only given a name like, a few years ago so they kind of have a chip on their shoulder, it's probably cause they're sooo pretty! Like, imagine being that pretty and having to be categorized in the same way as all the other basic af anemones???Their "look at me" coloring comes from a symbiotic relationship with their hot but tiny algae boyfriends Zooxanthellae that like live inside of them... they're like, kind of dead beat scrubs but they look really hot together & take them out to dinner with their photosynthesis or w/e so who even cares... I mean... that's why the one on the right is so pale- the poor thing keeps getting ghosted, probably cause she spends too much time under a rock I guess🤷‍♀️Anthopleura sola are also known to be prone to turf wars and aren't afraid to let their acrorhagi tentacles lose. If some anemonenomemenome even so much as touches them they are ready to throw down like, irl. These are tough cookie creatures who take a daily beating by the current and are NOT gonna back down to NO stinging cells even if it takes hours and hours and hours and hours and hours!!! 👿🔥👊🏼 #fightneverflight #nature #badanemonesclub #marinebiology #marin #anemones #starburst #sunburst #ecoaware #environment #animals #symbiosis #algae #pretty #naturalbeauty #hottiesofinstagram #conservationist #lifeunderwater #aquanaughties (at Sonoma Coast State Park)

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Stepping into the heart of the world has always been a return home, a rekindling with my spirit- I can connect with my inner self stripped away of all the outside bits of trauma and human turmoil. I spend so much time feeling trapped on land, trapped in my responsibilities, my socialization to keep it together, to fill a box I'm expected to. And then I come here- The joy of feeling weightless and buoyant, when you float in the sea you join your ancestors in the state of mercuriality, the otherworldliness of it all and I can just be free to be curious. Free to be a good listener. Free to be present. To see and feel and not think. The chip on my shoulder disintegrates in water because I can't know the ocean in all of its cleverness and not be consumed in reverence by its magnitude. And I just wish that everyone could see and feel how powerful and gentle it is. For all the beauty it holds and to respect it. To give more than they take away- our breath itself stems from here and we have every reason to be grateful for that. #itsalllove (at Sonoma Coast State Park)

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This is how we should respond to natural disasters & catastrophes people, like a family. It's never just other people in our communities problem it all of our problems. My families hometown of Peñuelas in Guanajuato is about 250 miles away from Mexico City and has a population of about 4000, they are not wealthy, but they're still doing what they can. With the little they have they've created town wide crisis support they're collecting food and supplies to donate to support Mexico City in this crisis. What barriers are in our way where we can't support each other this way in our nations own crises? Above all I'm grateful my family in MXC is safe and I'm feeling so so proud of everyone in San Francisco del Rincon❤️😌

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Tonight I had the great privilege of meeting one of my hero's- not many people can say that they've done that!!! Instead of getting a picture with Sylvia (which I did really want to do but decided against) I asked if she could draw me a few waves and she gave me some seaweed instead. I absolutely love it! It'll be a sweet little reminder to me when I'm feeling discouraged about the state of the planet. That we can manifest our passions, protect and cultivate life and spread knowledge. She said "People are worried about the 7 billion mouths to feed and forget about the 7 billion minds." After tonight I feel so much more encouraged in an individuals ability to change the world around them. After all, at some point Sylvia- like myself, was just a little girl who found herself drawn to the ocean and the mysteries inside it :-) #conservation #marinebiology #sylviaearle #ucsc #environment #sustainability #stopeatingfish #bucketlistchecked (at Rosewood Sand Hill)

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"The sky o'erarches here, we feel the undulating deck beneath our feet, We feel the long pulsation, ebb and flow of endless motion, The tones of unseen mystery, the vague and vast suggestions of the briny world, the liquid-flowing syllables, The perfume, the faint creaking of the cordage, the melancholy rhythm, The boundless vista and the horizon far and dim are all here, And this is ocean's poem." Walt Whitman - In cabin'd Ships at Sea

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Still not sure how to clip individual shots on live photo so here's a gif of me posing😂 Anyways, This weekend was a blast. Lots of jelly stings and freezing my butt off but this has been the most rewarding experience. Came a long way from needing assistance pulling a 7mm wetsuit past my thighs to descending with hundreds of pacific sea nettle, sussing out a sea floor of bat stars, anemone and sea cucumbers while weaving through towering kelp forests 45 feet tall. A few years ago I never would have imagined being in such a good place, reaching my goals and having such wonderful people in my life! Moving into my new home tomorrow. Nesting. Setting intentions. Feeling grateful. Next up some naturalism through photography. Expect to see lots of wildlife and scenery with species identification & descriptions. #diving #ecology #monterey #breakwatercove #naturalism #carcamping #scuba #padi #reflection