Blue sky: San Juanico December 2009
Cloudy sky: San Juanico December 2008
The same spot.
Last December, we kayaked into the estuary from the bay, finding egrets, cormorants, and pelicans as we passed by.
This year, a 10-foot high berm has closed the entrance, extending the beach all the way to the crags and shutting off the estuary, now a salt-lagoon drying in the sun.
What happened as the year passed? One major meteorological event was Hurricane Jimena which came through this area at the end of August/first part of September 2009. The wind, waves, rain, and floods could have all contributed to the shifting sands of this remote beach. It would have been fascinating to have been on the spot to see the change!
1 comment:
Looks idyllic. Well at least more idyllic than the snow i'm digging through this morning in Bethesda
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