Low Tide at Teignmouth

October 17, 2009 2 Comments

Low tide

Today was the lowest neap tide I have ever seen and the conditions were ideal for collecting sea glass. And there were some interesting finds.

Sea gems

Some of the finds today

Filed under Places Tagged with Devon, Teignmouth

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Interested in the seashore, photography, history, science and technology.

2 Responses to Low Tide at Teignmouth

June says:

October 17, 2009 at 8:16 pm

What lovely iridescent gems … where the low-tide beach is concerned, the word liminal comes to mind, a threshold to something a bit magical.

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- devonseaglass says:
  
  October 17, 2009 at 9:46 pm
  
  You are right, so right.
  
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