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Gijon, North Spain
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Usal Beach looking North. The Lost Coast is a mostly natural and undeveloped area of the California North Coast in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, which includes the King Range. It was named the "Lost Coast" after the area experienced depopulation in the 1930s. In addition, the steepness and related geotechnical challenges of the coastal mountains made this stretch of coastline too costly for state highway or county road builders to establish routes through the area, leaving it the most undeveloped and remote portion of the California coast. Usal Redwood Company built a sawmill and 1,600-foot (490 m) wharf at the mouth of Usal Creek in 1889. The company town of Usal was built around the mill and a railroad for transporting logs extended three miles up Usal Creek. A fire in 1902 destroyed the sawmill, schoolhouse, warehouse, and county bridge over Usal Creek.The railroad was dismantled; but a few structures, including a hotel, survived until destroyed by fire in 1969. Steep terrain and unfavorable coastal mooring conditions delayed timber harvesting of Jackass Creek drainage until internal combustion machinery was available for transport. The company town of Wheeler, California, was built for logging operations from 1948 to 1959. Sinkyone Wilderness State Park began acquisition of Lost Coast property in 1975. Wikipedia
Pop Corn Beaches are beaches where the sand has been replaced by a kind of carbonaceous shells that have a morphology and color reminiscent of popcorn. These are calcium carbonate skeletons synthesized by a species of red algae that inhabit the Canary coasts at shallow depths, called rhodoliths.
Rhodoliths occur extensively around the shores of Fuerteventura Island in the Canary Archipelago, with Lithothamnion cf. corallioides being the most prominent species.
It is by the action of the waves, that over the decades, a large number of rhodoliths end up being washed ashore, whose remains contribute to the formation of the sediments that make up the modern beaches, so these unusual beaches have been formed very slowly.
Although rhodoliths are resistant to a variety of environmental disturbances, they can be severely affected by storms, harvesting, ocean acidification and global warming, and the beds are known to be between 20 and 100 meters deep in most parts of the Canary Islands.
Along the beaches there are panels explaining what these "popcorn" are and that their extraction is forbidden, in spite of which the plundering is still very frequent. Unfortunately, every year tourists and locals remove a considerable amount of rhodoliths from the beaches, which represents a threat to these ecosystems, since, as I mentioned before, the remains of dead rhodoliths contribute greatly to the sediments that form contemporary beaches.
Majanicho, La Oliva, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias
🌊 Read more: Rhodolith beds and their onshore transport in Fuerteventura Island: cutt.ly/C5EHks0
I was walking down the beach to where I'd been told was a large gathering of brown pelicans, when I encountered a little group of these birds. I believe these are two sanderlings and two semipalmated sandpipers (thank you,[https://www.flickr.com/photos/109429237@N03]! Just enjoyed seeing them dodging the waves and exploring the sand!
Walking south of Abbots Lagoon you have about 9 miles (15 km) of open beach until you hit the Point Reyes headlands (where the lighthouse is and the land ends).
That day, on the beach closer to the trailhead there were a small number of sets of footprints heading south. After 3/4 of a mile or so, mine were the only ones left.
The astonishing thing is that this place exists as it does less than 60 miles from a major metropolitan area.
Thanks for taking a moment to view.
I do need to start getting down the coast again, now i've got the car fixed and the nights are long I've got no excuses. There's a rhythm is by Ron Sexsmith.
This is Pebbly Beach, looking towards Soldiers Beach headland. I'm not sure these would be classed as pebbles though, maybe rocks, or baby boulders perhaps. One thing for sure, many little creatures call them home.
Has anyone else been watching the Olympics? I was watching the boxing tonight & it made me wonder - why is a boxing ring square?
Have a great week !
Waiting for tourists - all places and seats are prepared for guests.
High waves for 3 days, but the boats are leaving the harbour every day for sightseeing and dolphins and turtles.
One of my preferred beaches every year.
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Warten auf Touristen - alle Plätze und Sitze sind für die Gäste vorbereitet.
Hohe Wellen für 3 Tage, aber die auf alt getrimmten Schiffe verlassen jeden Tag den Hafen, um Höhlen zu erkunden und Delfine oder Schildkröten zu erspähen.
For Smile on Saturday / Sliders Sunday. These gorgeous beach huts are some of the most expensive in the country. You can see why, too. They really are fabulous. In reality, of course, each one is a different colour. Just off Mudeford Quay, Dorset. Have a great Weekend folks, with lots of smiles !