the Doomsday Machine of Kala Point

Over several years, I've made photos of this beach log at Kala Point.


 
beach log (16 July 2008)

For whatever reason the log seems like a compelling photographic subject.

 
(3 January 2014)


 
(3 January 2014)

At some point, I connected this to that old (1967) Star Trek episode, "Doomsday Machine," featuring a gigantic beach log from another galaxy that could kill entire planets.

 
Star Trek log at high tide (23 December 2015)

How has the Doomsday Machine of Kala Point evolved over the years?

In previous years, the Doomsday Machine is partially choking on sand.  But not so much anymore.

 
doomsday machine (31 July 2016)

 
an atrophied doomsday machine landed on Kala Point beach and is no longer consuming entire planets (25 December 2016)

And now it seems to be surrounded by less sand and more rocks


doomsday and landscape (28 March 2017)

 
 the angry maw of the doomsday machine (28 March 2017)

 
 the doomsday machine does not look so scary from so far far away (28 March 2017)