Birth of an island.
All it takes is a sandbar and a sprouting coconut and in a short time, geologically speaking, a new island will come to life. Of course you must add current, tide and wind with a dose of sunlight as your principal ingredients, and leave the bulldozers and condos for much later, for it to all work.
This idyllic setting is in the Tuamotus Archipelago of French Polynesia. A morning of solo kayaking brought me to this birthing ‘room’ where I took a picture and paddled away. Nature has a way of allowing simple beginnings to nurture an evolving microcosm of what is our beautiful planet.
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