6,800 years old

It may not look like much, but the brown splodge in the middle of everyone's legs here is a tree stump which is estimated to be around 6,800 years old. Our local environmental protection/climate change action group hosted a walk to see an ancient sunken pine forest this evening, it' amazing to think it's been there that long.

Seemingly the sand here goes through phases of being eroded and redeposited so they're not always visible, this evening was one of the lowest tides of the year, so the tops of a few of them could be seen.

[kali]

great to ponder

[Heather K]

cool shot, I like that you can see the people's shadows in the reflection

[Vera]

The circle of legs makes the object look really important!

[Lynda McG]

Like the reflections and composition!

[haskar]

Nice reflrctions and interesting story.

[Domenico Dodaro]

Great reflections, in both meanings!

[Sarah]

Love the reflections.

[Nova]

I like the reflections and I also was wondering what that thing was in the middle, thanks for letting us know. :)

[Adi]

cool

[Rachel]

Very interesting.

[Catherine Otley]

Great photo, which also puts climate change into perspective. What happened 6800 years ago to swamp the pines?

[Jennifer]

interesting. Love your reflections