April 01, 2006

The tide is high


The Spring tides during this week has resulted in high-tide water levels as high as I've seen since I moved to Galway. The salt marsh around Lough Atalia (in Renmore, stretching from the Huntsman to the Department of Defence building) was completely inundated on Thursday. For the cattle left out to graze on those fields, it meant standing room only, as the tide flooded every part of their field, save the small piece of ground visible in the picture.


The rail line can be seen on the left of the picture, and the crane in the background is the one behind the Radisson Hotel.


Difference between spring and neap tide ? See here. Want to know when the next high tide is due ? Use Easy Tide.

Camera = Canon350D, lens= Sigma 10-20mm @10mm, ISO=400,Aperture=f5.6,speed=1/125, Exposure=Fill-in flash.

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Posted by Monasette at April 1, 2006 08:14 PM
Comments

So happy I stopped in to capture your Skyline link to add to the Fave list in one of my infant blogs. I stayed just up and across from The Huntsman in '93 for a couple weeks, so am walking familiar with that area of Lough Atalia. WOW! It never entered my mind on my strolls there how a high tide would affect the shoreline. Love the Eclipse pics too.

Posted by: Angharod at April 2, 2006 10:17 PM

Monasette, REally love your images, but your website has no contact details. I've been looking for good photos of the West of Ireland for a while. Yours are really good and I'd love to use them, but wouldn't without permission. Could you mail me ASAP. Thanks

Posted by: Kevin at April 3, 2006 02:07 AM