{"id":929,"date":"2010-07-11T22:11:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T02:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/?p=929"},"modified":"2010-07-11T22:11:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T02:11:29","slug":"can-you-help-identify-this-mystery-object","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/can-you-help-identify-this-mystery-object\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Help Identify this Mystery Object?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_930\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-930\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-930\" title=\"Light weight, white, calcified object with oil\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0120-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Light weight, white, calcified object with oil\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0120-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0120-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0120-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0120-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Light weight, white, calcified, 5-inch object with oil, what is it? Photographed July 11, 2010.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"left\">What is this? My brother, Joe, and I have been seeing more and more of this on west Dauphin Island (see photo on left). Is it natural or artificial? This piece is five inches wide but others pieces are over a foot long and wide. Is it coral? What do you think it is?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Below are other pictures of oil on west Dauphin Island today. Just click pictures to get a larger, clearer view.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div id=\"attachment_931\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-931\" title=\"Lots of dead sargarsum and oil on the beach\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0084-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Lots of dead sargarsum and oil on the beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0084-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0084-1024x694.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0084-150x101.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0084-400x271.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of dead sargarsum and oil on the beach, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_934\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0085.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-934\" title=\"Oil in the Dauphin Island grassy areas\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0085-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"Oil in the Dauphin Island grassy areas\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0085-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0085-1024x701.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0085-150x102.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0085-400x274.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil in the Dauphin Island grassy areas, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_936\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-936\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-936\" title=\"Plastic oil mop that found its way to a Dauphin Island tidal pool\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0109-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Plastic oil mop that found its way to a Dauphin Island tidal pool\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0109-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0109-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0109-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0109-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plastic oil mop in a Dauphin Island tidal pool, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_938\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-938\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-938\" title=\"More oil in Dauphin Island tidal pool\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0116-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"More oil in Dauphin Island tidal pool\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0116-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0116-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0116-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0116-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More oil in Dauphin Island tidal pool, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div id=\"attachment_932\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-932\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-932\" title=\"Trash with oil on the beach too\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0081-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Trash with oil on the beach too\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0081-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0081-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0081-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0081-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trash with oil on the beach too, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_935\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-935\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-935\" title=\"More oil on the grassy beaches\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0087-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"More oil on the grassy beaches\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0087-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0087-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0087-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0087-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More oil on the grassy beaches, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_937\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-937\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-937\" title=\"More oil in Dauphin Island tidal pool\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0117-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"More oil in Dauphin Island tidal pool\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0117-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0117-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0117-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100_0117-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More oil in Dauphin Island tidal pool, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is this? My brother, Joe, and I have been seeing more and more of this on west Dauphin Island (see photo on left). Is it natural or artificial? This piece is five inches wide but others pieces are over &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/can-you-help-identify-this-mystery-object\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oil-spill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}