Seacliff, Muriwai

There’s a gannet colony at Muriwai. The birds cover the cliff tops with their nests and have done for generations. When it rains, residue is washed from the nests, down the cliff face and into the sea. Where they meet, the elements of sea and residue create suitable conditions for brilliant green algae to flourish. Above it the cliff is glazed buff with guano and below the sea scours the volcanic rock to steely grey, but between them shines a soft and luscious growth of green.