Iโve found a couple of sea beans on Cornish beaches in the distant past, but never one in Shetland. And as for this find today by Shetland naturalist Phil Harris - a coconut is the stuff of tideline dreamsโฆ
#OTD 31st January 1839, William Henry Fox Talbot's paper announcing his invention of Photogenic Drawing was read at @royalsociety.
Read Larry Schaafโs excellent blog from 2016 to find out more about the fascinating first days of photography:
https://t.co/UnD4BHtdUF