Illustration - Ile de Ré

Illustration - Ile de Ré

FRANCE, CHARENTE MARITIME (17) RE ISLAND, RISOTTO OF RAZOR SHELL Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Ile de Ré

Illustration - Ile de Ré

FRANCE, CHARENTE MARITIME (17) RE ISLAND, OYSTER AND SHELLS AND CREPINETTE Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Ile de Ré

Illustration - Ile de Ré

FRANCE, CHARENTE MARITIME (17) RE ISLAND, LOCALITY OF LE MARTRAY, L HUITRIERE OYSTER FARM OF TONY BERTHELOT Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

The Reactor Building of Unit 4 of Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Capped

YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - Large crane lifts the top head of the safety shell of Unit 4 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Yantai, Shandong, China on September 6, 2025.

Illustration - Saint-Barthelemy Island

Illustration - Saint-Barthelemy Island

FRENCH WEST INDIES. SAINT BARTHELEMY ISLAND. SHELL BEACH

US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

US: Double Waterspout Spotted Off Panama City Beach, Florida

A double waterspout was spotted off the coast of Panama City Beach, Florida on Saturday, August 10.

"Ama" woman divers seek to keep tradition alive

"Ama" woman divers seek to keep tradition alive

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 20, 2013 shows rookie ama diver Aoi Nakano, 18, surfacing with a turban shell from a dive in waters off Hegura Island, near the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. Ama divers make a living by gathering marine products from the sea in a traditional way -- diving without scuba gear or air tanks.

Aftermath of attack on Yeonpyeong Island

Aftermath of attack on Yeonpyeong Island

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean Marine shows a broken North Korean shell on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, on Nov. 25, 2010, after an artillery barrage against the island on the Yellow Sea.

H.M.S Curacoa 1865

H.M.S Curacoa 1865

Conflicts with the savages of the New Hebrides, South Pacific Ocean.H.M.S Curacoa shelling the native villages on the island of Tanna.On the 12th August, the ship opened fire with shell and rockets on the bush containing the hostile villages. Midshipman Mr. Cecil Foljambe provided illustrations of the affair for the Illustrated London News.August 12th 1865

Shining pearl cultured on southern Japan's Kakero Island

Shining pearl cultured on southern Japan's Kakero Island

A shining cultured pearl is seen on a Mabe shell on the island of Kakero south of Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2015, when the work to bring ashore pearl-containing Mabe shells from offshore rafts starts for this year's season. The work will continue through mid-March and a total of about 60,000 hemispherical Mabe pearls are expected to be shipped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Matsushima

Matsushima

The island on the right is Hikidojima and that on the left, Rakanjima, both situated near Fukuurajima Island. Katsurajima and Ishihamajima of the Urato Island group of Shiogama City can be seen in the background. This is the site of a shell mound dating from theJomon Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Matsushima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number86‐17‐0]

Enoshima Island and Benten Bridge

Enoshima Island and Benten Bridge

Taken by Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-?). Same as #2148. The first time the bridge appeared in a photograph was the article in Japan Day by Day by E. S. Morse (1838-1925), who spent a summer here. An American zoologist, Morse is known for his discovery of the ancient shell site at Ohmori. At the time, he had opened a small marine biology station on the island to conduct research.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐96‐0]

Aftermath of attack on Yeonpyeong Island

Aftermath of attack on Yeonpyeong Island

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean Marine shows a broken North Korean shell on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, on Nov. 25, 2010, after an artillery barrage against the island on the Yellow Sea. (Kyodo)

Tasmanian sea urchins

Tasmanian sea urchins

A worker crack opens the shell of a Tasmanian sea urchin at a processing facility in the outskirts of Hobart in Australia's southeastern island of Tasmania on Jan. 23, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Endangered green turtle well after return to wild

Endangered green turtle well after return to wild

OSAKA, Japan - Photo provided by the Minami-Chita Beach Land, an aquarium in Aichi Prefecture, shows a green turtle with a transmitter attached to its shell being released into the sea Oct. 17, 1999. The giant female turtle, born on Chichijima Island south of Tokyo in 1982 and raised at the aquarium, was returned to the wild in 1999 to study the ability of animals to adapt to nature after being raised by humans. Aquarium researchers recently announced the turtle had been able to successfully adapt to its new environment.