Posted by
Hannah (Cambridge, United Kingdom) on 2 October 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Whitehaven Beach in Australia, The Whitsunday Islands.

They are uninhabited and this beach is unique in the world in that the sand, which is 99% silica is brought in from out at sea so that only the finest lightest grains which are near the surface out at sea are deposited on the beach. It makes the sand beautifully fine and white - I haven't altered the colours at all.