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Sand, On Hermosa Beach

Stones Laid Atop Sand Cushions
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Stones left behind by a fleeing tide appeared to rest in the folds of sand cushions.

Sand On Hermosa Beach   •  Outside San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Sunday 11 March 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:46:57 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2510
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Curved Lines Delimited High Water
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Curved lines in the sand showed where the previous high water marks had been. There were many such lines in evidence as the tide went out.

Sand On Hermosa Beach   •  Outside San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Sunday 11 March 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:48:20 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2512
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Bird Tracks Meandered
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The tracks of a small shore bird meandered around freshly smoothed sand.

Sand On Hermosa Beach   •  Outside San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Sunday 11 March 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:48:36 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2513
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Rocks Rose From Sand
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A diagonal line of rocks rose from the sand near the base of rocky shore cliffs.

Sand On Hermosa Beach   •  Outside San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Sunday 11 March 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:52:05 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2516
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Sand Caught In Orange Stone
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Part of the rocky cliffs were made up of an orange stone. Here, the stone lay horizonally on the ground and had been sprinkled with sand.

Sand On Hermosa Beach   •  Outside San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Sunday 11 March 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:55:31 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2525
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A Shell Wake
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A shell imbedded in the sand left behind a wake shape as sea water rushed back into the ocean.

Sand On Hermosa Beach   •  Outside San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Sunday 11 March 2011)   •  (Photo taken 13:02:56 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2533
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Worm-like Tracks In Sand
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Worm-like tracks meandered in a haphazard pattern over the moist sand left by the just ebbed tide.

Sand On Hermosa Beach   •  Outside San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Sunday 11 March 2011)   •  (Photo taken 13:08:14 Monday 21 November 2011)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_2577
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