A quiet army of stone stands at the threshold of the sea, where the tide retreats to expose a sprawling bed of smooth, dark pebbles. Balanced with impossible precision, these gray towers rise like modern monuments against the soft, golden blush of the twilight sky, right where the dark volcanic headlands of Cape Schanck meet the churning ocean. Born from human hands seeking a fleeting online trend, these geometric spires wait silently for the next wave, but their stillness hides a deeper disruption to the fragile shore.
Beneath each displaced pebble lies a broken home, as lifting these stones destroys the cool, damp micro-habitats essential to the crabs, lizards, and shorebirds that rely on them for shelter and protection from predators. By pulling this natural armor from the earth, eager hands unwittingly strip the beach of its defenses, leaving the coast vulnerable to accelerated erosion from wind and crashing waves. What lives online as a harmless visual aesthetic ultimately imposes a heavy human footprint on the wilderness, dismantling the pristine, untouched beauty that visitors travel so far to find.
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How sad. And likely these people have no idea of the damage they are doing. They should put a sign up explaining it and forbidding the building of them!
ReplyDeleteIt is literally everywhere now
DeleteI like this scene with the low light on the shore and the color in the sky.
ReplyDeleteStones and stone sculptures. ✔️
ReplyDeleteMe gusta la escena y sobre todo me llama la atención ese dominante del color
ReplyDeleteWell said about the moving of stones. There should also never be horses or cars on sandy beaches.
ReplyDeleteTotally agreed
DeleteImpresionante escena marina.
ReplyDeleteMuy bien captada.
Un saludo.
Did you fix it?
ReplyDeleteNo, these Indians would bash me up
DeleteSo beautiful
ReplyDeleteBonito atardecer con esos montículos de piedra que adornan la playa.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful and I must say you do have a wonderful way with words 😊
ReplyDeleteHi ha gent que no entén la natura...
ReplyDeleteSalutacions!
People don't realize the effect they are having.
ReplyDeleteEn los tiempos que mis rodillas no me lo impedían en rutas de montaña también me encontraba este tipo de hitos pero mucho mas distanciados, ya que eran para marcar la ruta mas accesible.
ReplyDeleteSaludos.
People need to leave nature alone.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous day and rest of the week. ☺
It's sad that someone wants to mess with the ecosystem, it's such a beautiful place! Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
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