Sand Circle

This is a picture I made in 2012 on the beach of Inchydoney (West Cork, Ireland). It is the third and last starting image I am proposing for the WWYD202 challenge.

Large ephemeral sand circles like that are created in the same spirit as mandalas. They use very basic tools and techniques like ropes, sticks and rakes (a bit like crop circles, for the ones of you who might be familiar with the concept). They can only be made on large and shallow sand beaches with a cliff overlook, and they require a full team of participants, as the available time frame is strongly limited by the tide schedule.

If you are interested, you can watch this short video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GKaLiSZx3E&t=106s

The latest WWYD202 Challenge post with this picture is here :

https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/44934/what-would-you-do-around-a-large-sand-circle-?

[Marloes]

How wonderful! Fav :)

[Frogger]

There is a guy in Finland who does something similar with snow-covered golf courses and volunteers in snowshoes. https://youtu.be/IbWqgHrO6rc

[KV]

This is gorgeous... having the people in the shot really shows the scale of the sand circle.

[Korcsog Károly]

Very interesting and well presented! I like it!

[Kate]

Interesting and wonderful design

[Rob Z]

How wonderful. :)

[Virginia Stapleton]

Fascinating!

[Shutterbug]

Oh my. That is so cool. Amazing how they coordinate that. I hope you saw a good portion of the endeavor. Must be fascinating to watch. Looks like you took the shot from a good pov.