This mud was extremely thick and hard to rinse off, I had that pleasant marshy smell that permeates my automobile to this day, but hey.I got the shot. Quicksandthat is, sand that behaves as a liquid because it is saturated with watercan be a mucky nuisance, but it’s basically impossible to die in the way that is depicted in movies. It takes me 30 minutes, to be able to make it the 7 steps or so to make it back to the pier and pull myself out. The biggest risk that quicksand presents is losing. Just like in water, people will eventually float. While people and animals can quite easily get stuck in it, due to the density of the sand our torso contains enough positive buoyancy to prevent us from sinking much beyond our waist. So I get the shot I wanted, but now I have to get out of the water before I get any deeper, before the tide gets any higher or I’m found by a nomad group of crabs. Researchers in the Netherlands and France studied quicksand, a combination of fine sand, clay, and salt water. Based on my reading, quicksand is not actually a risk. I was determined to get this shot.so I still had to take a few more steps to be around as much water as possible.Īt this point I am almost chest deep in mud, oh and let’s just add that at the “bottom” of this quicksand are oyster shells, so it’s not even a soft step. But when a heavy object disrupts it, the sand and water mix causing people and animals to sink. It will appear dry as sand rests on top of the water. Quicksand can form anywhere with the right conditions, which requires saturated sand to be agitated.

With my very first step I was up to my knees in mud, the second I was waist deep. So does quicksand exist in sand dunes It can, but it occurs very rarely. I had no idea just how much you can sink into the mud that is present in these marshy areas. I chose the inter coastal because I wanted to fly the drone close to the water but not have to worry about a wave swallowing my equipment. It can occur anywhere under the right conditions, according to Denise Dumouchelle, geologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Quicksand is nothing more than a soupy mixture of sand and water. So, I decided to take some pictures using my drone of me in the inter coastal with my camera and water-set up (image above). Quicksand is not a unique type of soil it is usually just sand or another type of grainy soil. I wanted to get some action shots of me shooting in the water for my website.

Quicksand where does it exist