Glass Beach is located in Ft. Bragg, California. At one time this beach was the town's dump, but is now a treasure that sparkles in the late afternoon sunsets. In the 60s, Ft. Bragg residents would throw their garbage over the nearby cliffs into the sea. Decades of wave action have tumbled the old car taillights, perfume bottles, beer bottles and other debris into tiny, smooth-edged pebbles of every imaginable color and shape. It should be a sea glass lover's haven, but collecting is off-limits since the beach lies within the protected MacKerricher State Park.
Maho Beach is on the island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. Many of you have seen this photo since I have posted it a few other times. At the end of the Princess Juliana International Airport runway you will find this narrow white sandy beach. It is used more by sightseers that beach goers to take photos of the jumbo jets as they land seemingly within arm's reach. The heat from the jet blast and the winds of up to 100 mph whipping the sand during takeoff attract many thrill-seekers as they see if they can withstand the blast. I have been visiting the beach for over 10 years now as I take photo after photo of the landings and those who seek to destroy their body by defying the blasts of the take-offs.
Hot Water Beach is found on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. Beachgoers bring shovels and dig their own soaking holes that geothermal mineral waters bubble into and fill. People can be seen lying in their pools of water while the sea is just steps away. When the tide comes back in, the pools are dissolved and wiped clear.
Venice Beach is near Sarasota, Florida. Here you will find hundreds of fossilized shark teeth that wash ashore each year and are a constant reminder that these waters were full of sharks in prehistoric days. Find your way to the beach and you'll probably find a handful of teeth in an hour or two. Known as the Shark's Teeth Capital of the World.
Papakolea Beach is located where else with a name like that, but on the Big Island of Hawaii. The green color is not caused by moss or algae, but instead by an olivine mineral created by volcanic activity. Rich in iron and magnesium, olivine is one of the first crystals to form as magma cools. It is difficult to reach and is about three miles east of Ka Lae.
Bird Island Beach is an uninhabited island in North Carolina's Brunswick Islands. A 30 minute walk and you'll find the little black mailbox that was planted by a local resident in 1981, when land-development proposals surfaced. Inside the mailbox you will find a notebook and pencil so you can leave a note to help save the 1,300 acre barrier island. Old-fashioned handwritten letters helped secure Bird Island's state reserve status. The notes are still there and are joined yearly by more sharing memories of this very private place. A pair of reading glasses suddenly showed up one year, for those who have passed this way more than once.
Bowling Ball Beach can be found in California near the town of Mendocino. It is a coastal feature called Schooner Gulch where you can see thousands of rocks that appear gathered together to defy the tides like an army of small boulders. Strange thing is that they are all of uniform size and shape and kind of resemble bowling balls. Millions of years of erosion has formed these concretions.
Maho Beach is on the island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. Many of you have seen this photo since I have posted it a few other times. At the end of the Princess Juliana International Airport runway you will find this narrow white sandy beach. It is used more by sightseers that beach goers to take photos of the jumbo jets as they land seemingly within arm's reach. The heat from the jet blast and the winds of up to 100 mph whipping the sand during takeoff attract many thrill-seekers as they see if they can withstand the blast. I have been visiting the beach for over 10 years now as I take photo after photo of the landings and those who seek to destroy their body by defying the blasts of the take-offs.
Hot Water Beach is found on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. Beachgoers bring shovels and dig their own soaking holes that geothermal mineral waters bubble into and fill. People can be seen lying in their pools of water while the sea is just steps away. When the tide comes back in, the pools are dissolved and wiped clear.
Venice Beach is near Sarasota, Florida. Here you will find hundreds of fossilized shark teeth that wash ashore each year and are a constant reminder that these waters were full of sharks in prehistoric days. Find your way to the beach and you'll probably find a handful of teeth in an hour or two. Known as the Shark's Teeth Capital of the World.
Papakolea Beach is located where else with a name like that, but on the Big Island of Hawaii. The green color is not caused by moss or algae, but instead by an olivine mineral created by volcanic activity. Rich in iron and magnesium, olivine is one of the first crystals to form as magma cools. It is difficult to reach and is about three miles east of Ka Lae.
Bird Island Beach is an uninhabited island in North Carolina's Brunswick Islands. A 30 minute walk and you'll find the little black mailbox that was planted by a local resident in 1981, when land-development proposals surfaced. Inside the mailbox you will find a notebook and pencil so you can leave a note to help save the 1,300 acre barrier island. Old-fashioned handwritten letters helped secure Bird Island's state reserve status. The notes are still there and are joined yearly by more sharing memories of this very private place. A pair of reading glasses suddenly showed up one year, for those who have passed this way more than once.
Bowling Ball Beach can be found in California near the town of Mendocino. It is a coastal feature called Schooner Gulch where you can see thousands of rocks that appear gathered together to defy the tides like an army of small boulders. Strange thing is that they are all of uniform size and shape and kind of resemble bowling balls. Millions of years of erosion has formed these concretions.
What do you think. Can you find one that maybe might interest you enough to visit? Carol and I will be on Maho Beach watching the planes land soon. I have discovered so many beautiful beaches during my lifetime and hope to continue to find many more. And .... you know I'll share them with you when I find them. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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