Paul Kozal has trained his camera on high and low tides on the Mendonoma Coast. The contrast is amazing. The top photo shows a King Tide, a very high tide at Shell Beach on The Sea Ranch.
And the bottom photo shows the exact same place at low tide. Paul also photographed Iversen Cove's high and low tide. I will share them with you here tomorrow.
To see much more of Paul's photography, here is his website: http://paulkozal.com/
A towel with Japanese characters washed up on a rock at Shell Beach on The Sea Ranch last week. Lynda Frye was walking with a friend when she found it. Of course we don't know if it is from the tsunami but it certainly could be. This is a very unusual item to find on the beach.
We will be alert in the weeks and months ahead to see what might show up on our beaches from a terrible disaster half the world away.
To see several other photos of possible tsunami debris, here are the links: http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2012/06/21/the-first-wave-of-tsunami-debris-has-arrived-on-the-mendocino-coast/
http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2012/09/17/a-few-more-views-from-our-day-at-manchester-state-park-including-possible-tsunami-debris/
Thanks to Lynda for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
On Sept. 3rd, Rozann Grunig found a shocking sight at Shell Beach on The Sea Ranch. The beach was littered with dead Sea Urchins. She also saw a Chiton, a type of sea mollusk, just barely alive. The Chiton was put back into the Pacific Ocean in the hopes it might survive.
Abalones have been found upside down off the Sonoma Coast - there has been much coverage of this event. A Red Tide plus a quiet ocean caused a loss of oxygen in these critters habitat. It is believed by local ocean watchers that this is a natural occurrence. It has happened before and will happen again. Tests are being done to see if something else is happening here. Divers and fishermen tell me while they have seen some dead abalones, there are thousands upon thousands out there and doing fine. The Mendocino Coast looks like it avoided this phenomenon.
I thank Rozann for allowing me to share her photos here.
To see Craig Tooley's photo of the Red Tide, you can see it on this link here on Mendonoma Sightings: http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2011/08/09/red-tide-seen-off-of-the-sea-ranch/