Early morning, 5:45am, low tide in the lagoon of the Wanggeszhuang River, Jiaonan - outside Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. The low tide reveals ripples left in the sand by the ebb of the ocean. The vastness of the dry lagoon makes it seem desert-like. In the foreground, a gentleman taking an early morning walk, giving scale to the image. In the distance on the horizon, an island hiding in the morning haze.