Seaweed glistening in the sunlight

Seaweeds glistening in the sunlight on wave-washed limestone at Spaniard Rocks (near Burry Holms) at Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. Higher in the intertidal zone all the seaweeds were black and crispy after rapidly drying out, and would only regain their beautiful colours and slitheriness when the tide returns.

Dry seaweed on Spaniard Rocks — Dark dry seaweed on the higher parts of Spaniard Rocks at low tide

Sparkling waves splashing seaweeds on rocks — Sparkling waves splashing seaweed

2 Replies to “Seaweed glistening in the sunlight”

John says:

September 9, 2017 at 5:01 pm

Beautiful pictures. 🙂 On the second photo it appears that the country extends to infinity.

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winderjssc says:

September 10, 2017 at 5:48 am

Thank you, John. It must be just a strange illusion because the land you refer to is in fact a small tidal island called Burry Holms, separated by a few metres of watery channel from the Spaniard Rocks and dried seaweed on which I was standing.

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