Group s Anniversary Cause for Celebrations with Tidepools, Oregon Coast Talks
Published 07/09/21 at 6:45 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Oregon Coast) – July 29 will mark a special day on the Oregon coast, an anniversary of a true breakthrough for the region. It will be 50 years ago that a small group of conservation pioneers formed the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition (OSCC) on that day in 1971, starting the ball rolling on a series of successful saves that have helped keep the coastline as attractive as it is today.
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10 Bizarre Objects Found On Beaches
Over the years, an assortment of bizarre items has been found on the world’s beaches. Some have been living creatures; others, dead marine animals; still others, inanimate objects. A strange sea foam has washed ashore, carrying a variety of everyday items with it that beachgoers don’t see on the beach every day. Cast-off casings and even a phallic animal out of Sigmund Freud’s worst nightmare have also washed or crawled ashore. As this list of 10 bizarre objects found on beaches indicates, the mysteries of the deep are strange, indeed.
10 Glowing Rock On February 22, 2021, Mantana Dao Pibul decided to go for a walk on the beach in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand. There, she saw a piece of coral. Collecting it as a souvenir, she took a closer look at her discovery and found that the bizarre object was glowing! She shone the light from her phone on the strange specimen, and, when its red color brightened, she wondered whether the obj