Sunday, December 11, 2011

Shadow Shot Sunday

I found this guy hanging around the Museum
of Natural History. It's a Japanese spider
crab (Macrocheira kampferi), which can be
13 feet (4 meters) from the tip of one
outstretched leg to another. Pretty impressive—
and it throws a mean shadow too!



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11 comments:

Judy (kenju) said...

Yikes. I would never want to meet one in a dark alley.

Tall Gary said...

Judy (kenju) above made me laugh (in a chill, nervously tittering way).

An aptly named creature; or, considering all those sharp, knife-like shadows in your so striking photo, would it more appropriately be called a ninja crab?

Shell Sherree said...

Yikes, double trouble. It reminds me of the Indiana Jones movies. Except that they weren't Japanese. And I'm not sure that there were any crabs... Never mind.

Catherine said...

Great patterns in the shadows

Carolina said...

That's one scary-looking creature. I love the pattern of its legs and the resulting shadows.

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soho stitch said...

Those shadows add quite an edge to an already 'edgy' kind of creature. Great inspiration for sci-fi buffs looking for ideas.

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Really? The critter gets THAT big?**shudder**


IF I WERE A SHADOW

If I were a shadow,
I would seek the light;
There I would glow sleekly,
Black and shiny bright!


© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Shadowy Grass and Snowy Shadows

Ms M said...

Impressive creature and it casts a great shadow!

Hey Harriet said...

Eeeeeek! Great shot though, and yes it does cast a mean looking shadow!

Thanks so much for your wonderful contributions to SSS! Great news is that a little team has set up to take over the hosting. Woohoo! I'll be posting the details on my blog next Sunday :)

Ms. Burrito said...

Beautiful!

Late visiting from Shadow Shot, hope you can still visit my shadow entry, thanks!

John McElveen said...

Absolutrly stunning!!!!

Great shot!

John