Villagers stopping to eat near the fragile edge of a sandspit in the River Ganges, Sonepur, Bihar, India, Asia

Pre-dawn cast off, man releasing ropes from a mooring in the fine sand of a seasonal sandspit in the Brahmaputra River, Assam, India, Asia

Men guiding large bamboo raft downstream with oars, past sandspit in the Brahmaputra River, Assam, India, Asia

Three men at sunrise releasing ropes from a mooring in the fine sand of a seasonal sandspit, Brahmaputra River, Assam, India, Asia

Beach and sandspit at meeting of Kattegat and Skagerrak seas, Grenen, northern tip of Jutland, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Tree fern in the Sandspit Forest Reserve, an area of relic rainforest in the Wielangta Forest, south east, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Tree ferns in the Sandspit Forest Reserve, an area of relic rainforest in the Wielangta Forest, south east, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

French Polynesia, Tuamotu Archipelago, Atoll Of Rangiroa, The Sables Roses Beach At Dusk

House, Dungeness Lighthouse on the sandspit of Olympic Peninsula, Sequim, Washington, USA

Dungeness Lighthouse on the sandspit of Olympic Peninsula, Sequim, Washington, USA

Dungeness Lighthouse on the sandspit of Olympic Peninsula, Sequim, Washington, USA

Dungeness Lighthouse on the sandspit of Olympic Peninsula, Sequim, Washington, USA