Moose,
Thanks for the update.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:28 PM
Subject: [OM] Images As The Mood Strikes - 8
> This image has a wide array of colors. It somehow doesn't seem to have
> quite caught the full glint of light from the pieces of red glass in the
> warm light that I remember. Still, it has a wide range of colors and I
> like it a lot.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=IATMS&image=_MG_6391cria.jpg>
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Moose,
>>
>> I just did a search to see where it was, and learned a little about the
>> origin and name. Tell us more.
>>
>
> Not much more to tell than the Wikipedia entry.
>
> "In the early 20th century, Fort Bragg residents threw their household
> trash over these cliffs. They discarded glass, appliances, and even
> cars. The land was owned at that time by the Union Lumber Company, and
> locals referred to it as "The Dumps." Sometimes fires would be lit to
> reduce the size of the trash pile.
>
> In 1967, the /North Coast Water Quality Board/ and city leaders closed
> the area and various cleanup programs were undertaken through the years
> to correct the damage.
>
> Over the next several decades the pounding waves cleansed the beach,
> wearing down the discarded glass into the small, smooth, colored
> trinkets that cover the beach today."
>
> At first sight, the rocks and sea are much more interesting than the
> beach. Get close with hand and knees, binoculars or camera lens, and
> everything changes. Perhaps especially in the late light when we were
> there, it becomes a fairyland of shape and color.
>
> Moose
>
>
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