Baía de São Marcos during low tide, seen from São Luís, Brazil.
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Baía de São Marcos during low tide, seen from São Luís, Brazil.

by Zeno Heilmann

São Luís, main town of the Island of Maranhão, also known as Ilha do Amor. Day by day, ebb tide turns the shallow sea, where Rio Anil and Rio Bacanga unite, into a muddy plane, moving the open water far to the horizon.