Blue Coast
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create_destinyDuring my recent road trip with my folks to the Big Sur area I was plagued by the question: "Why is the water so blue along the central California coast whereas on the northern California coast the water often appears to be gray or brown?"
The short answer: calmer water that doesn't stir up a lot of sediment + low phytoplankton + low chlorophyll = very clear, thus very blue water.
Vista point south of Carmel
This is the Carmel River State Beach.
The short answer: calmer water that doesn't stir up a lot of sediment + low phytoplankton + low chlorophyll = very clear, thus very blue water.
Vista point south of Carmel
This is the Carmel River State Beach.
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Blue water
Date: 2007-10-30 01:32 pm (UTC)Re: Blue water
Date: 2007-10-30 01:53 pm (UTC)I could research it but my brain hurts.