Sea Turtle 0699
by Kristina Rinell
Title
Sea Turtle 0699
Artist
Kristina Rinell
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), or honu, are native to Hawaii. They are the largest hard-shelled sea turtle in the world, reaching lengths of four feet and weights over 300 pounds. Out of the seven types of sea turtle, the Hawaiian green sea turtle is the most common turtle in Hawaii.
The color of their carapace (upper shell) ranges from brown with yellow and light brown streaks to black. The color of their plastron (bottom shell) is a light yellow. As adults, honu mainly eat algae and sea grasses, which turn their fat layer green, giving them their common name.
With lungs two-thirds as long as their carapace, it is believed they can stay underwater for many hours depending on the animal’s size. The longest recorded downtime was five hours. Eyesight underwater is excellent while above water they are reported to be nearsighted.
Honored to be featured in these FAA Galleries
- Digital Art and Photography For a Simple Imagination, November 2017
- Animal Photographs, November 2017
- Images That Excite You! November 2017
- KINGDOM Animalia, November 2017
- Wildlife ONE A DAY, November 2017
- Pin Me - Daily, December 2017
- All Natural Beauty Of This World, December 2017
- Our 4-Legged Friends, December 2017
- Abc Group - J Is For Just One, April 2018
- USA Photographers, April 2019
A heartfelt Thank You to the administrators of these galleries :-)
Photo ©Kristina Rinell
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November 27th, 2017
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's themed week - J IS FOR JUST ONE week!! You are invited to add this to the features archive discussion!
Kristina Rinell
Thanks, Mariola, for the feature of 'Sea Turtle' in 'Our 4-Legged Friends' .... greatly appreciated :-)
Johanna Hurmerinta
Wonderful photograph of the sea turtle, with great perspective and composition! LF
Kristina Rinell
Thanks, Rebecca, for the feature of 'Sea Turtle' in 'Pin Me - Daily' ... greatly appreciated :-)
Kathryn Meyer
Hope nothing is wrong with this one that it's ashore in a rocky area, which it might not be if it were looking for a place to breed. Glad you saw it!
Kristina Rinell replied:
No, nothing wrong, he was just getting back in the water after taking a nap on the beach and the shoreline was pretty rocky .... thanks, Kathy!
Kristina Rinell
Thanks, Mariola, for the feature of 'Sea Turtle' in 'Wildlife ONE A DAY' ... greatly appreciated :-)
Morris Finkelstein
Wonderful photograph of a Hawaiian sea turtle, with a great perspective and composition, Kristina! F/L
Laurie Search
I just love these guys!! They're so amazing!! Really beautiful capture, Kristina, with wonderful detail!!! :)))vf
Kristina Rinell
Thanks, Miroslava, for featuring 'Sea Turtle' in 'KINGDOM Animalia' ... very much appreciated :-)
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