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Our collection of scenic beach pictures...click any picture
for an enlarged view.
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| The sun sets under a thick cloud of smoke at Sunset Beach, 11/15/08 |
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| The smoke stretches out toward Catalina Island. View from Huntington Beach above Goldenwest. |
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| Sunset Beach, 11/15/08 |
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| Sunset Beach Water Tower under a cloud of smoke, 11/15/08 |
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Above: views of Sunset
and Huntington Beach on 11/15/08. Los Angeles and Orange Counties are covered in a thick cloud of smoke as fires burn
in Palos Verdes Peninsula, Corona, Anaheim Hills, Yorba Linda, Chino Hills and other areas along the 210 freeway all
the way to the 14 freeway.
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| Crystal Cove, 9/1/08 |
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| San Clemente State Beach, 8/19/08 |
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| Palos Verdes Peninsula, 3/21/08 |
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Enjoy our beautiful California beaches,
but please remember to take of them!
Please help keep our beaches clean, take a few moments
to pick up your area. Plastic trash such as fast food containers, straws, plastic bags, do a lot of harm to the environment.
Our beaches need your help. Ever consider joining a beach cleanup? For more information go to www.surfrider.org, click on "chapters" and look for beach cleanups or check their calendar links to
find a beach cleanup event near you.
To learn more about the damage done to our marine environment by plastics,
visit these great sites below:
Algalita Marine Research Foundation
http://www.algalita.org/
Plastic Debris Rivers to Sea Project
A project of Algalita Marine Research Foundation and
the California Coastal Commission:
http://www.plasticdebris.org/
Surfrider Foundation, Rise Against Plastics
http://riseaboveplastics.blogspot.com/
Plastic also affects other ecosystems and wildlife. See this story on the Orange County Zoo website:
http://www.oczoo.com/samson.htm
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