Who would have thought...

..that standing still for a moment to watch cracks in a mudflat fill with water on the incoming tide could plant such a grin on my face. Imagine this image from two different perspectives: looking out at the 'landscape scale' to see the tide fill an inlet or estuary quite well illustrates the power of nature. But at the 'micro-habitat scale' the incoming tide turns the ecoscape on its ear: every day, twice a day, what was marine becomes terrestrial and what was terrestrial becomes marine. If you were a 'who' (cue Dr Seuss) your daily schedule would most certainly be dictated by nature. Who'd have thought that such a peaceful image could mask such a ferocious power.

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