Windswept
by Michele Steffey
Title
Windswept
Artist
Michele Steffey
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
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It was a cold and windy August evening as the fog slowly rolled in at Point Reyes National Seashore on the California coast. There are no added effects to this image - the textural quality comes naturally from the incoming fog and low light levels.
Point Reyes is a prominent cape and popular tourist destination on the Pacific coast of northern California. It is located in Marin County approximately 30 miles west-northwest of San Francisco. The term is often applied to the Point Reyes Peninsula, the region bounded by Tomales Bay on the northeast and Bolinas Lagoon on the southeast. The headland is protected as part of Point Reyes National Seashore. The cape protects Drakes Bay on its southern side and the headland is largely drained by Drakes Estero. Drakes Bay and Drake's Estero are named after English seafarer Sir Francis Drake who possibly hauled his ship, the Golden Hinde, up onto the beach for repairs in June 1579. This part of the coast can be quite dangerous for ships, and an important lighthouse is located on the rocky cliff the tip of the point. It can get very foggy and windy during certain parts of the year at the Point Reyes lighthouse, and to be effective, the lighthouse had to be situated below the characteristic high fog. When foggy, visibility is so slim that one cannot even view the lighthouse from the top of the approximately 300 steps necessary to walk down to reach it. Day or night, the light may be the only thing visible to ships. Two large mammalian species, nearly extirpated in the nineteenth century, have made a remarkable recovery at Point Reyes: the Northern elephant seal and the Tule elk.
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September 2nd, 2013
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