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Mud as Far as the Eye Can See
 
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The Ge 11b class explores the vast intertidal zone off the shore of San Felipe in Baja California. The change of tides exposed a half-mile wide strip of rippled mud, with plenty of hermit crabs and sand dollars. Due to the extremely flat shelf of the Gulf of California, a small tidal change in sea level exposed a very large area.

Photo courtesy of Belle Philibosian