Shark Fin Cove

Shark Fin Cove

Shark Fin Cove

Shark Fin Cove

Shark Fin Cove

View from the top of Shark Fin Cove, Davenport, CA.

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the most picturesque lighthouses on the Pacific coast. The tower stands on a rocky promontory and has long been a landmark for ships approaching San Francisco Bay from the south. This headland, and hence the lighthouse, took its name from the ship Carrier Pigeon that wrecked here in 1853. The lantern room of the tower is no longer equipped with the original first-order, 1000-watt Fresnel lens. No longer illuminated for demonstration purposes, the lens has 24 flash panels, is composed of 1008 hand-polished lenses and prisms and is capable of producing over 500,000 candlepower illumination. It was manufactured by the Henry-LePaute company in Paris, France and was first lit at Pigeon Point at sunset on November 15, 1872.

Points of Light

Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the most picturesque lighthouses on the Pacific coast. The tower stands on a rocky promontory and has long been a landmark for ships approaching San Francisco Bay from the south. This headland, and hence the lighthouse, took its name from the ship Carrier Pigeon that wrecked here in 1853. The lantern room of the tower is no longer equipped with the original first-order, 1000-watt Fresnel lens. No longer illuminated for demonstration purposes, the lens has 24 flash panels, is composed of 1008 hand-polished lenses and prisms and is capable of producing over 500,000 candlepower illumination. It was manufactured by the Henry-LePaute company in Paris, France and was first lit at Pigeon Point at sunset on November 15, 1872.

Bean Hollow

One of the prettiest beaches on the Bay Area coast is Bean Hollow State Beach. It is nestled in a deep, elliptical-shaped cove, where the mouth of the cove is edged by rocks on each side. Part of the state park system of California, Bean Hollow is located in San Mateo County near Pescadero. The beach offers fishing, picnicking and beachcombing. Visitors can explore tide pools with anemones, crab, sea urchins and other marine inhabitants.

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One of the prettiest beaches on the Bay Area coast is Bean Hollow State Beach. It is nestled in a deep, elliptical-shaped cove, where the mouth of the cove is edged by rocks on each side. Part of the state park system of California, Bean Hollow is located in San Mateo County near Pescadero. The beach offers fishing, picnicking and beachcombing. Visitors can explore tide pools with anemones, crab, sea urchins and other marine inhabitants.

Tafoni

Bean Hollow State Beach is nestled in a deep, elliptical-shaped cove, where the mouth of the cove is edged by rocks on each side. The shoreline here is abundant with tidepools and tafoni rocks, which are uniquely textured sandstone with holes and honeycomb-like structures that have been created through a weathering process. Part of the state park system of California, Bean Hollow is located in San Mateo County near Pescadero.

Bean Hollow

One of the prettiest beaches on the Bay Area coast is Bean Hollow State Beach. It is nestled in a deep, elliptical-shaped cove, where the mouth of the cove is edged by rocks on each side. Part of the state park system of California, Bean Hollow is located in San Mateo County near Pescadero. The beach offers fishing, picnicking and beachcombing. Visitors can explore tide pools with anemones, crab, sea urchins and other marine inhabitants.

Panther

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Shark Fin Cove (remastered)

A massive rock stands guard over a small cove full of geologic wonders just up the coast from Santa Cruz, only 0.7 miles south of the town of Davenport. Known as Shark Fin Cove, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years ago the shark fin was an extension of the mudstone cliff that encloses this beach. Over the years, the force of the crashing waves and whistling winds steadily eroded away the rock in a process called coastal geomorphology. The rock now stands as we see it today: A small island that catches the light at sunset so compellingly that photographers travel from all over the country to capture its timeless beauty.