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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Lunar Phase
Tag Archives: Ocean
Miramar Beach Sunset
Related Posts: Palm Garden Sunset Silhouette, Palm Trees at Dusk, Backyard Sunset Silhouette, Matilija Creek Foggy Sunset, Rincon Point Sunset, Refugio Beach Sunset and Moonrise
19 Inch Halibut
A few bites yesterday afternoon, a 19-incher today, maybe a keeper tomorrow.
Surf Fishing For Halibut
Throwin’ lures for flatties on a late afternoon rising tide. Related Posts: Halibut 48 Pound White Seabass
Prehistoric Seafloor on Gibraltar Road
Just below Gibraltar Rock, about a half mile below Flores Flats, a nearly vertical bed of sandstone rises up beside Gibraltar Road. On the face of the sandstone slab, there are ripple marks created by a prehistoric sea that covered … Continue reading →
Santa Barbara Channel Bathymetry
Divins, D.L., and D. Metzger, NGDC Coastal Relief Model, Retrieved March 25, 2011, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/coastal.html. Download provided by the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System http://sccoos.org/data/bathy
Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 