Thoughts from a man who lives by the sea.
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I took the above picture yesterday morning. It was somewhat of a surprise when I got it onto my PC to see myself in each of the bubbles. The picture gets bigger if you click on it.
I can’t help but wonder if the bubbles are as a result of detergent in the sea. Spume is natural, but those bubbles look a little too much like what you get from washing up liquid to me.
Cheers, Tom.
Looks like "Tom spawn" - amazing effect!
 | SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 10:07 |
Little baby Tom's eh? :-)
Tom.
 | la_spice [Member] 29/04/08 @ 10:14 |
You'd better hope for a crop failure! 
| SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 11:00 |
Haha. I just found a few more :-)
Tom.
 | stewartacraig pro 29/04/08 @ 09:46 |
Marvellous photo, Tom! Sometimes those shots you don't even think about when you're taking them throw up nice little surprises, huh?
| SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 10:08 |
I agree with you. I just saw the pile of bubbles, stuck the camera onto macro mode and snapped it and then was rather surprised later when I saw myself there. I took another one where you can see my hand clearly in the bubble, holding the camera.
I do like these little surprises!
Cheers, Tom.
Nice pic!! 
And the answer is 84.
| SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 10:10 |
Thanks, I rather like it too. I'm going to try and take another one in a few minutes, but since I'm trying it probably wont be as good. Ain't that always the way?
Cheers, Tom.
 | loiswakeman [Member] http://lois.co.uk 29/04/08 @ 10:06 |
Snap!
It is the naturally occurring proteins in seaweed (alginates etc.) that break down and make foam like that. They are also used in cosmetics!
| SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 10:13 |
Wow, that's just the same!
Thanks for the explanation. So it probably is natural after all then. I find that to be quite a relief.
Someone (it wasn't you, was it?) posted a picture here a while back of a lot of shampoo bottles they'd collected from the beach. Maybe the seaweed in the shampoo was trying to get back into nature again :-)
Cheers, Tom.
| loiswakeman [Member] http://lois.co.uk 29/04/08 @ 11:29 |
Yes, 'twas I.
| SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 11:43 |
Ah, good, my memory isn't giving up on me yet! It was those shampoo bottles that made me think of detergent. But I suppose it would take a huge amount of it to impact a body of water as large as all the interconnected seas and oceans of the world.
I must make another environmental blog soon.
Cheers, Tom.
 | jenray pro http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk 29/04/08 @ 10:22 |
Well, there are all sorts of chemicals in the sea nowadays so I suppose washing up liquid is undoubtedly one of them...must be concentrated... Nice pic even if a sign of pollution...big hugs...XX
| SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 11:01 |
According to Lois (see above) it may not be pollution.
I'm glad you liked the picture anyway.
Cheers, Tom.
| jenray pro http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk 29/04/08 @ 12:09 |
Good grief!! What a terrible way to treat the earth...it's beyond my comprehension why people do it and think nothing of it...I know I've said it before but human beings really are a filthy species...well, some of us are, but I see no way of changing these practices unless the young are educated from an early age that this is unacceptable and lethal for the planet in the end....big hugs..
| SeasideMan pro 29/04/08 @ 12:26 |
I agree, it's appalling the way some people treat this lovely Earth of ours. Kids do get taught about environmental issues now from a very young age, but some of them still seem to grow up not caring. It saddens me to see so much pollution everywhere.
Tom.
29/04/08 @ 09:46