The extraordinary desolate beauty of #Dungeness

Who doesn't love a couple of hours immersed in the desolate emptiness of Dungeness in the winter.

Great big speaker stack of the disused foghorn testing station made my day (again).

#dungeness #foghorn #desolate #beach #electronicmusic

It is Derek Jarman’s birthday - he died at 52 from AIDS related illness - he left behind a vast cache of art and beauty - I wrote this on the way to Prospect Cottage #lgbtq #derekjarman #poetry #films #kent #dungeness
Found this beautiful old boat in Dungeness. #boat #abandoned #Dungeness #beach #desert #romneymarsh #kent #england

The Dungeness Spit lighthouse with Mount Baker.

#pnw #landscapePhotography #DungenessSpit #Dungeness #MountBaker #mountains

Puget Sound has crabs.

An invasive species of European green crabs, “one of the world’s most harmful marine species,” has been detected in the Salish Sea. They “damage bed sediments, leading to the loss of eelgrass, an essential habitat for Dungeness crab and Pacific salmon.”

The Tulalip Tribes reported “detection of a green crab in the southern Whidbey Basin at Mission Beach” earlier this year.

Get outta here, crabbies!

#SalishSea #PugetSound #WhidbeyIsland #Swinomish #Tulalip #Washington #Crab #Crabs #Crabbing #Invasive #Invasivespecies #Dungeness #Salmon #Eelgrass

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/invasive-european-green-crabs-discovered-in-was-skagit-bay/

To learn about how to identify European green crabs and to volunteer with Molt Search, visit https://wsg.washington.edu/crabteam/moltsearch/

When we enjoy local #Dungeness crab, we're tasting the North Bay, the Central Bay & the Pacific Ocean in each bite.

But today, these remarkable creatures face mounting threats 🦀

Read more in our executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh's latest column: https://baykeeper.org/column/shells-smiles-and-the-season-of-thanks/

Illustration: Fiorella Ikeue in collaboration with Baykeeper

#crab #crabbing #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #wildlife #baywildlife #thanksgiving