The first hard shelled mollusks appeared way back in the Cambrian Period, that’s about 500 million years in the making – shells have so many facets of beauty! I marvel at shells, such as the oyster, venus ear, abalone which have an inner lining of nacre – mother of pearl, which make for exquisite works of art. Here is an example of the colours of a perlemoen (Haliotis midae) – formed into an abstract.
Inspired by this week photo challenge: Work of Art.
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Nature on the Edge 
Gorgeous, it would be lovely as fabric!
Yes! A swirling light silk scarf 🙂
Beautiful – love the almost fractal patterns.
Thanks, yes it’s interesting seeing the layering;
Mother of pearl always reminds me of an oil slick which I also think is pretty. It also kind of looks like a satellite image of a storm, don’t you think?
Right, those oil slicks can have intricate patterns… yes and rather like a storm front coming in – a coriolis kind of a coil in the image.
That is absolutely gorgeous, and I can’t even imagine how you succeeded in capturing it. A real work of art indeed —
The outer part of the shell was quite beaten up, think it has been through quite a weathering process … same family as the abalone.
Such detail Liz! Stunning image!
Thanks de Wets 🙂
I clicked on the image to see it in more detail and larger – fantastic! Great photo, Liz!
Isn’t an amazing part of shell building … appreciate your comment Mary 🙂
Very well done, love it! First thought it was water but the colors and ripples were too different 😉
Have a good weekend, Ron.
Thanks Ron!
Wow! Beautifully captured. Love it!
Thanks for your comment, Dorothy. They’re amazing shells.
They are certainly beautiful. I love the way the light shines on them.
Yes, the light really captures the colours 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Colline.
Thanks for linking 🙂
wonderfull
Thanks for stopping by 🙂 Yes, each shell is pretty unique.
It is a real piece of art! Marvelous!
Thanks D.
When I was a child I got a shell…and I couldn’t imagine how this beaty was made. I still love the name – Mother of pearl. In Sweden it is called pärlemor, a rather exact translation.
… and pearls the jewels 🙂
Gorgeous Liz! Excellent choice.
Beautiful! Love your perspective on this.
Thanks Uday – nature beguiles 🙂
I have a few if these, very small ones, and I love the beautiful iridescent colours. This looks like an oil slick – all the colours swirling into each other. Beautiful 🙂
Jude xx
Venus ear’s, perhaps? The colours really are exquisite and very much like oil slicks with that iridescent sheen 🙂
Venus ears – I like that!
Nature is an exquisite artist!
Agree with you there:)