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Hot take: I thought the harbor in Astoria was just a muddy mess until I saw the pilings up close.
I was working a job there last month and got a good look at the timber, which was covered in way more marine growth than I expected for that water temp. It made me realize how fast things can colonize even in colder, silty spots. What's the fastest you've seen a structure get covered in your local area?
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juliah237mo ago
Have you ever seen those plastic lobster traps after just one season? I pulled an old one up off the bottom of Casco Bay last year and it was like a solid block of mussels and seaweed, you could barely see the wire. It's wild how fast a surface becomes a home.
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uma_baker887mo ago
Just one season? That's way faster than I would have guessed.
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abbychen6mo ago
Yeah it's crazy how quick that happens. I've pulled up old fishing gear that looked like a whole new reef got built on it in just a few months. Makes you realize how desperate everything down there is for a place to latch onto. Kind of sad but also cool in a way, like the ocean just takes our trash and tries to make it useful again.
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