After and Before

This is the same scene, before, in April (but pointed just a bit more north).  Notice how high the water was. A few weeks later the area was completely covered in water and I couldn't walk here.  Today the sand is back, but it is is overgrown with tamarisk bushes, an Old World shrub or small tree with tiny scale-like leaves borne on slender branches, giving it a feathery appearance..