mangrove serenity

[philautus]

Shot taken after low tide...enhancing the intricate patterns of the breathing roots of Rhizophora trees.

[ingram9x]

The soil contain high iron.

[tilan]

is it iron or some kind of sedimentation or algae?

[philautus]

I wouldnt know, i think it's not natural mud of the normal mangrove substrate. I think it's sedimented mud from elswhere brought in from the river.

[ingram9x]

Iron binding with clay material , high redox-Oxidize activities...make the sedimentation mangrove mud look orange in color.

[Ri_must]

wow, nice photo and place.
where is this?
is it in Terengganu??

[philautus]

It's at the Barn Thai, Langkawi. Thanx Ingram for enlightening us...

[ascii]

It's at the Barn Thai, Langkawi. Thanx Ingram for enlightening us...

arr... the food is nice over there... it is a must go place..

[firefly]

The mud gives it a very interesting colour...

[philautus]

The mud gives it a very interesting colour...

Yeah it does, doesnt it? It actually accentuates the stilt roots or the Rhizophota trees and the wavering buttress roots of the Xylocarpus tree left of the photo...

[tilan]

Iron binding with clay material , high redox-Oxidize activities...make the sedimentation mangrove mud look orange in color.

yup... laterite is rich in iron but this particular one looks like what Dr Norhayati mentioned...sedimentation from elsewhere rather than local iron deposit

note that it is even covering the stilt roots of the rhizophora