The origin of an island........

As I said in the first image of this series, an island arises from the grace of a formation of sandbanks and the further silkting of the channel in between.

Here we see that the channel between the old part of the island Ameland and the sandbank opposite has almost silted up and that a small beach has arisen at the foot.

On this small beach you can see from the dark stripes in the sand that the sea still have some access in the channel at high tide.

A marker post has been driven into the sandy bottom slightly behind the high tide line as a reference point from which to see and measure the growth of the new land.

In the far distance you can see the young row of dunes in the sunlight that protects the land on the North Sea side.

A total overview of the advanced proces of the creation of new land can only be viewed from a high viewpoint and therefore I have to climb the 40 meter high old dune of "De Oerd" in this nature reserve.

I'll be happy to show you this in the next photo....

Done