It is not only a seashore that has a pleasant view of the blue sea. This is one coastal side of a bay located in the north of Sumatra where nature exhibits many historical objects (a kind of living museum). Not only natural history, but also the history of humans who have inhabited it in the past.
The name of the location where I was, is Lhokcut, in Aceh, which means a small valley, because it is actually a line of low and very narrow land between the hills which then opens to the sea of the Krueng Raya bay.
This is "a local" who accompanied me there. It was so welcoming, and every meow, made me feel good talking to this "local". 😜
The shells of some large clams that had just been harvested from the sea there.
The part of the valley that is located in the seashore has long experienced coastal abrasion which dredged the land and made the hillside cliffs slide. It then reveals the content in it. Seeing the contents of the land that was uncovered by the impact of the waves (including the blow of the tsunami waves), one is like seeing an ancient sea floor filled with coral reefs and various species of shellfish or mollusks. This of course exhibits a natural history that occurred since millions of years ago when the land was a seabed, and then came to the surface when the sea level receded, or it could also indicate the existence of a land lift in that very past. The fossils of marine life and coral reefs are interesting objects for me to look for and observe, while imagining their ancient life when this place was still marine.
The shell of a snail that has become petrified.
A large clam shell exposed above the ground.
But not only that, apart from the remains exhibiting natural history, the site also exhibits a life that existed hundreds of years ago. The coral overlapped with countless fragments of ancient pottery and ceramics. Nature has stored and deposited the remains of human life together with the remains of ancient nature. All of this will certainly be an exciting field for those interested in stratigraphy and history.
This image and the following are some of the fragments of ancient pottery and ceramics that were found there.
Some bone remains were also found there.
Note the arrow pointing to the place where the bone was deposited!
A path that shows the remains of coral.
So, well, like I said earlier, the beach does not only have a beautiful blue sea view, but also an exhibition for natural history and human life in the past. The few hours there, I didn't feel the time passing at all. Nature talks about history.
