The tides have been especially high the last few days. There's a full moon tonight and it's really been pulling some force with the sun on our ocean waters! Spring tides happen at the time of the full and new moons and high tides are extra high and low tides can be extra low.
The marsh grass is greening but last season's dead purple shoots are all you see at high tide. Beautiful colors in the marsh these days - especially at low tide.
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Showing posts with label Marsh. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Friday, April 9, 2010
Tarlton Vlei - Maree
“Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colours appear.”
- wolfdyke
Still on the subject of rain, all the vleis (marshes) in Tarlton and surrounding areas are full and turning the landscape into a shimmering play of colours... For the past couple of weeks we've had between 15mm and 70ml rain most days, causing trees to fall over and swollen rivers to burst their banks. It's also great seeing huge flocks of water birds enjoying this abundance so late in the season.
This area, just 3km from us, is usually quite dry, with young boys charging around on their off-road bikes.
- wolfdyke
Still on the subject of rain, all the vleis (marshes) in Tarlton and surrounding areas are full and turning the landscape into a shimmering play of colours... For the past couple of weeks we've had between 15mm and 70ml rain most days, causing trees to fall over and swollen rivers to burst their banks. It's also great seeing huge flocks of water birds enjoying this abundance so late in the season.
This area, just 3km from us, is usually quite dry, with young boys charging around on their off-road bikes.
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