"Salt Canvass"

Aerial Photographs of the amazing tidal marshes near Derby in Western Australia where there is a twice daily 10 meter rise and fall in the tide. The marshes on the ground are most unattractive and hot and the creeks are infested with salt water crocodiles

As a pilot in Derby for a number of years we flew over this daily, however never really appreciated the complex and delicate patterns of nature.

The creeks with the "blue" water are those that have a rock bar at the mouth, and contain water at low tide.

Aerial Images of the Buccaneer Archipelago, Kimberley, WA

I dont know how such an unattrative place on the ground could be so interesting when seen from the air.

A textbook example.

Tidal Creeks near Derby in Western Australia.

Tidal Creeks near Derby in Western Australia.

The tides only cover the marsh flats this far up the Sound only on Spring tides so the salt dries top a brilliant white.

Aerial Images of the Buccaneer Archipelago, Kimberley, WA

This is the site of a potential tidal power station. The red staining in the middle ground is an access road created to ascertain the tidal flows.