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The shell of the pistachio is naturally a beige color, but it may be dyed red or green in commercial pistachios. Originally, dye was applied to hide stains on the shells caused when the nuts were picked by hand. [51] In the 21st century, most pistachios are harvested by machine and the shells remain unstained. [51]
The island is a territory of Norway. [5] Trindade and Martim Vaz: 1,167 kilometres (725 mi) Brazil [6] Ascension Island: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) Saint Helena: The island is administratively part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a territory in the United Kingdom. [7] [8] Saint Helena: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) Ascension Island
The Registry of World Record Size Shells is a conchological work listing the largest (and in some cases smallest) verified shell specimens of various marine molluscan taxa.A successor to the earlier World Size Records of Robert J. L. Wagner and R. Tucker Abbott, it has been published on a semi-regular basis since 1997, changing ownership and publisher a number of times.
Tuluwat Island is the largest of three islands located between the Samoa and Eureka Channels within Humboldt Bay and primarily consists of tidal marsh. Over time, human habitation on the island changed its topography, in part due to a process known as shell mounding, which increased the elevation of the island as Wiyot continually placed shells remaining from subsistence fishery management in ...
Staffa (Scottish Gaelic: Stafa, [4] [5] pronounced [ˈs̪t̪afa], from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island) is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built from vertically placed tree-logs.
Trips to Discover named Shell Island in Bay County as being among the 14 best places for shelling in the U.S.
Pista is a genus of polychaete worms comprising around 100 species. [1] Selected species. Pista pacifica Berkeley & Berkeley, 1942; References
Isla Espíritu Santo is an uninhabited island in the Gulf of California, off the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is separated from Isla Partida by a narrow canal. [1] Together, the islands are part of La Paz Municipality and are both a short boat trip from La Paz on the Baja California Peninsula.