Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University
of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Without doubt one of the great scenic drives of the whole world. |
The Monterey Peninsula is, unusually for the Coast Ranges, granite. It is, in fact, part of the southern Sierra Nevada or Mojave block translated northward by the San Andreas Fault. There is no granite in the Coast Ranges immediately east of the fault for hundreds of kilometers north and south.
The 17-Mile Drive is a privately owned toll road that winds between golf courses and large estates. Some beaches are favorite basking spots for seals.
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The state flower of California.
The amazing thing is that these true members of the poppy family grow in the midst of 36 million Californians - the people who tried smoking bananas in the 1960's - and nobody has figured out a way to make anything mind-altering out of them! |
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Location of the famous and oft-photographed "Lone Cypress."
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Point Sur is an outstanding example of a large offshore stack joined to the mainland by a tombolo, a sand and gravel bar that accumulates in the sheltered lee of the stack. |
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Morro Rock is the westernmost of a chain of small intrusions
that stretch west from San Luis Obispo to the coast. A number of others
form the serrated ridge to the left of the rock.
Below: like Point Sur, Morro Rock is an excellent example of an offshore stack connected to the mainland by a tombolo. |
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Photos taken 24-25 June, 2002
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