Heroes Not Zombies

I took this photo the same day as the one of bubbles in the surf which I shared yesterday. I think it is beautiful. It’s one of those images which is lovely to spend some time with. I can lose myself in it.

I love how this shows water in the process of changing into several of its forms. We can see the water which forms clouds, and if you sit or stand and watch clouds for even a few seconds you notice how each cloudy constantly changes. It changes position, it changes shape, and it changes size.

We can also see the water which has reached the beach, turning the sand into a kind of mirror because in this thin surface of water we can see the reflections of the clouds up above. I think that’s quite unusual….. it was the main thing which caught my attention and led me to take this photo. The thin layer of water on the sand has been left by breaking waves which have stretched up to a certain point on the beach, then receded back into the ocean. Some of those waves have turned to bubbles and foam. Waves don’t stand still. They are constantly on the move. They sound like the ocean breathing, breathing the water out onto the sand, and then breathing it back into itself again.

We can see the ocean which is a huge volume and expanse of water constantly changing from flatness to swells, individual waves, and white foam, under the influence of energy waves and tides in the sea interacting with the wind blowing over surface.

The ocean, the waves, the foam, the bubbles, the mirror like surface, the clouds up above……all manifestations of the one phenomenon – water. Water, that ubiquitous, mysterious, substance without which there would be no Life on Earth. A constant source of wonder and amazement.

It’s beautiful to gaze on such ever changing mystery, to remember how essential this is to us, and to feel humble in the face of all we don’t know, and don’t understand about this most important element on Planet Earth.