Running dog cloud

The 'dog' cloud soon dispersed giving way again to blue skies. The photo was taken from the bridge which was only a few feet above the water of Aberlady Bay.  Our usual walk along the beach was impossible because the tide was at its highest for many years while views of the sea birds were easy as they searched for food above the tide line.



A rare alignment of the sun, earth and moon could mean a whole year of high tides and floods around Scotland’s coasts.
The rare astronomical phenomenon – called the syzygy effect – results in a much higher gravitational pull on the Earth’s oceans which can lead to “supertides”.
It happens once every 18.6 years, and in 2015 the tides are expected to be at their highest during the two equinoxes on February 20 and 21 and September 29 and 30.