The bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia is home
of the highest tide variations in the world. We thought that was
neat, so found a campsite and went out late that night to see it. We
stood a few metres away from the shore and were shining lights and
messing with camera settings when we realized the water was moving
closer. Fast. We moved back and watched again. We'd never seen the
tide move like this. To try to show a bit of what it was like that
night, we had me stand on a rock and we took 3 pictures with about 30
seconds in between each shot. So, the three together show how high it
gets in one minute. Then we showed the scale of how high the water
would get within the next two hours against the outcropping. But it's
one of those “you've just got to be there” things.
In the morning, at low tide, we looked
out and could hardly believe it. There was about a mile and a half to
the water's edge now, so we trekked to it and marveled at the sea
creatures that manage to live with this every day. It was such a
foreign landscape for both of us with the mud flats and mussel
encrust rocks with fresh sea weed clinging on...and all this while,
we're realizing that within 12 hours, the place we're walking is
going to be well under water. Simply amazing!
