Sand Coat
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Sand Coat
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Beaches are the result of wave action by which waves or currents move sand or other loose sediments of which the beach is made as these particles are held in suspension. Alternatively, sand may be moved by saltation (a bouncing movement of large particles).
Beach materials come from erosion of rocks offshore, as well as from headland erosion and slumping producing deposits of scree. Some of the whitest sand in the world, along Florida's Emerald Coast, comes from the erosion of quartz in the Appalachian Mountains.
A coral reef offshore is a significant source of sand particles. Some species of fish that feed on algae attached to coral outcrops and rocks can create substantial quantities of sand particles over their lifetime as they nibble during feeding, digesting the organic matter, and discarding the rock and coral particles which pass through their digestive tracts.
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June 13th, 2015
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Comments (26)
Sunil Kapadia
Wonderful composition and texture. Always a great challenge and fun to find abstract patterns on the beach. L/F
Jeff Burgess
Always fun to come back and see the work of those you follow. And also what art 'nature' creates. Great eye...and capture.
Gary Slawsky
So beautiful in its simplicity. Excellent photographic vision. F/L and my POD for 6/13/15.