A <n>Cut Fox Shell</n>, a conch sliced to reveal its internal structure.

A macro photograph of a sliced <n>Kiwifruit</n>.

'<n>Listening to the Sea</n>' (2014), a sculpture by artist <n>Marek Cina</n>.

<n>Sonja Hinrichsen</n>'s <n>Snow Drawings</n> in Briancon, France, 2014.

A detail of <n>Fairy Wings</n> by artist <n>TheFancyFairy</n>.

The <n>OP-1 field</n> portable synthesizer by <n>Teenage Engineering</n>.

Bark of the <n>Eucalyptus pauciflora niphophila</n>, or Snow gum tree, photographed in the UK.

<n>Seance</n>, an oil on wood painting by British artist <n>Stephen Mackey</n>.

Cover art for the song <n>RIP Spring House</n>.

<n>Coquina clams</n>, also known as butterfly shells, on Clearwater Beach, Florida.

<n>Untitled</n> by <n>khayrallah Annous</n>.

<n>Uma Thurman</n> as <n>Venus</n> in <n>Terry Gilliam</n>'s 1988 film <n>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</n>.

<n>Common Starfish</n>, <n>Common Sunstar</n>, and <n>Purple Sunstar</n> in Scotland. Photo by <n>Lisa Hooper</n>.

Vintage <n>Quartz Electronic QE 11</n> radio clock by <n>Intercord</n>, made in Germany in the 1970s.

<n>Amal Kenawy</n>'s installation "<n>Non-Stop Conversation</n>" at the 2007 <n>Sharjah Biennial</n>. Photo by <n>Anda Untila</n>.

Ammonite fossils, used to illustrate a review of <n>Penelope Lively</n>'s book <n>Ammonites & Leaping Fish: A Life in Time</n>.

A drawing from the exhibition <n>Soft Fragments</n>, curated by <n>Jeremy Leung</n> at <n>Land to Sea</n>.

A detail from the 1820 painting <n>Susanna and the Elders</n> by <n>Pierre van Hanselaere</n>.