There are images in which light is not there to reveal everything.
Here it almost does the opposite: it dazzles, erases detail and leaves the palms in shadow. In the distance, the water remains barely visible, like a quiet line.
Sun, water, contrast and stillness coexist in the same moment.
Perhaps it is the contrast itself that makes the scene feel silent: light does not erase the shadow. The shadow is what allows it to exist.