The origin of an island........ - a photo on Flickriver

            We have arrived on the other side of the Wadden island of Ameland, at the row of young dunes that have to protect the North Sea side.
If you see the difference in height with the beach, considerable progress has been made with the dune formation.
It is now a matter of time for these young dunes to get higher and higher. The ripples in the sand at the front point to the prevailing wind direction, which is predominated from the southwest.
The sand is sprayed in this direction and you can see that marram grass has germinated at the top. This grass species keeps the sand together due to their long and large root system.
Marram grass is drought resistant and the water requirement  is obtained from the moist sea air.
There has just been a nice rain shower and the wet sand also contributes to this....

   

Taken on: April 28, 2015

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