Good evening, folks. Tonight's Daily Nature Fix features these top-heavy rock formations in New Brunswick, Canada:
They're quite a few of them in the area and they're collectively known as "Hopewell Rocks". Fittingly enough, they're found on Hopewell Cape. These formations were created tidal erosion. That reddish water you see in the background is, in fact, ocean water.
There were several of these pillars in the area. Some are around 40 feet tall and others as much as 70 feet. I loved these things. The crazy shapes seemed to defy physics and made you feel like they'd topple over any minute. The trees and shrubs on top were awesome as well. If you look at the last two photos, you'll see black stuff around the bases of these formations. That's actually seaweed; which leads me to another interesting fact about this visit. Hopewell Cape is located on the Bay of Fundy.
The Bay of Fundy has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world. I didn't even know what that meant until I was there. It means that there is a HUGE difference in the depth of the water between high tide and low tide; as much as 56 feet!! During high tide, these things have water almost up to the fat part of the formations, above their "necks".
Everywhere you see people in the photo above is underwater at high tide. Naturally, that happens twice a day. From what I understand, it happens because the conditions happen to be just right. The length and shape of the bay makes a situation where the time it takes a wave to reach from opening of the bay to the far shoreline is the same as the time between tides. So the water kind of 'piles up' at high tide. Pretty cool stuff. Well done, Mother Nature!
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