Snapshots from R&R: A tender moment in nature….turtle hatchlings on Amelia Island, Florida

We had an extraordinary experience on the beach in Amelia Island, Florida. Through the work of the Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch group, we were on site during an excavation of  a turtle nest whose hatchlings had already gone to sea…..to see if there were any little turtles left behind.
It was a truly tender moment….turtles discovered both alive and those that didn’t make it. Then, an emotional (for me) release to the sea.

At the marked turtle nest spot.

There's the little turtle flapping his flippers trying to get to the water. Go little guy, go!

The hole where the initial set of turtle hatchlings left from. We were there for the post-hatch dig, to see if there were any surviving hatchling who needed help getting to sea.

These are the egg shells left behind from hatchlings who had already left the nest.

This guy was not quite ready to leave the egg....a "live pit" as they called him. He'll be going back to the lab to see if he can mature enough to be released.

They found four live turtles in the nest on Amelia Island! It was a really extraordinary experience.

The volunteer walked us closer to the water, where she was to release the turtle hatchlings.

She drew a line where we were supposed to stand behind....to give the little turtles plenty of room to get to sea. If any were females, they needed to touch their bellies to the Amelia Island sand to set it to their memory and return in 25 years to lay their eggs.

There's the little turtle flapping his flippers trying to get to the water. Go little guy, go!

Scotland Yard Arrests Accused LulzSec Spokesman

LONDON (AP) — Scotland Yard's cybercrime unit on Wednesday arrested a teenager it accuses of working as the spokesman for the Lulz Security hacking collective, the force said in a statement.
Scotland Yard said its Central e-Crime Unit arrested a 19-year-old at an address in Scotland's remote Shetland Islands. His name wasn't released, but the force said he used the online nickname "Topiary."
LulzSec, an offshoot of the amorphous hacking collective known as Anonymous, has claimed responsibility for a series of hacking attacks on both sides of the Atlantic. In interviews with media organizations including The Associated Press, Topiary described himself as one of LulzSec's six members.
Topiary's once-plentiful Twitter feed was practically wiped clean Wednesday. The only remaining post, from nearly a week ago, read: "You cannot arrest an idea."
Scotland Yard also said it was searching a residential address in Lincolnshire, in central England, and interviewing a 17-year-old under caution in connection with the investigation. The second teen has not been arrested.