#salish sea

[orofeaiel]

Northern Olympic Peninsula Coast

[unofficial-sean]

Jellyfish of Puget Sound

[huariqueje]

Salish Sea Shoreline - Ray Phillips , 2019.

Canadian, b. 1941 -

Watercolour on paper , 15 x 10 cm. 15 x 10 in.

[noncompliantcyborg]

Would you still love me if I was a worm?

I take portraits of marine animals... you can get archival quality prints of these ones here and here

These are Nereid worms, a type of segmented marine worm. They spend most of their life in the mud, but when it is time to spawn, their bodies transform into these incredible swimming epitokes. If you want more info about these critters, let me know!

[jadeseadragon]

Alfredo Arreguín (Mexican American, 1935 - 2023), Salish Sea, 2017, oil on canvas, 48 × 60 inches.

[inatungulates]

Killer whale Orcinus orca

Observed by mickeydylan, CC BY-NC

[trua23]

The residents

[ancientstarrydynamo]

O and the sea the sea

[foxbirdy]

T-137A, "Jack." Protection Island, WA. 09/12/2023.

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Salish Sea Sunset. A7S 200mm

📸 by @bradleystod /via Twitter

[orofeaiel]

Golden Hour at Tongue Point

[unofficial-sean]

Graceful Crab (Metacarcinus gracilis)

[nocturnalpicnic]

the isle of fancy kitsap seen from a brewery bench across the salish sea with the olympic mountains in the background topped by ever changing clouds some of whom hailed on me and my water color book. water color 2024 michael pontieri

[semiotomatics]

NEW CALF IN J POD THIS IS NOT A DRILL THERE'S BEEN A NEW J POD CALF SPOTTED!!! 😭😭😭

[noncompliantcyborg]

No one expects the jamfish inquisition!

My name is Jamie, and my name is a pun about ctenophores, which are not jellyfish. The ctenophores pictured above are the likely sister taxa to all other animals, branching off the evolutionary tree before even sponges. They'd have independently developed nerves and muscle. The pinks ones here are sort of cannibals - they eat other ctenophores by swallowing them whole.

I'm taking a chance blazing this post because I want more people to know about and appreciate ctenophores, and because I'm also starting from scratch here after years away and am hoping to find community and an audience for my work.

I'm a disabled queer marine scientist currently looking for accessible work and selling my photography and embroidery to try and cover medical bills in the meantime. If you are a fellow creative and/or ocean enthusiast, I would love if you said hi. I so appreciate anyone checking out or sharing my work:

Art Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/noncompliantcyborg/

Embroidery: https://shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/