Hurricane Irene caused massive amounts of erosion at The Beach on Harlem Meer. A lot of sand was washed away or rearranged. The middle photo shows the formation of a new spit. The squiggly green lines in the top and bottom photos is where duckweed was deposited on and above the beach. It's about a foot above the meer at this location, which is pretty impressive for a large pond.
Bonus: If you look very closely at the top of the last photo you'll see a great blue heron sitting on the newly formed spit. It later alighted when someone thought it was a good idea for their little yippy dog to chase the ducks and flew across the meer to land in this tree.
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