Point Lobos Rock Patterns #2 – July 10, 2010. Point Lobos State Reserve, California. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Detail of patterns in eroded shoreline rocks, Point Lobos State Reserve.
Another photograph of eroded rock patterns near the water not far from Weston Cove at Point Lobos. Here the top layer of reddish rock has worn away in places, leaving a much lighter layer of what I guess is some kind of sandstone below. I’m no geologist, but this section of seashore has fascinating rock formations on the small and large scale where many strata have been exposed by the surf. In some places there a big gobs of conglomerate rock, composed of many smaller rocks “glued” together. In other places very thin layers lie one on top of the other and they have been partially uncovered and worn away by the surf, creating amazing patterns.
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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
ISO 100, f/16, 1/6 second
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I’ll have to ask my brother about that, since he lives and photographs up that way.
Great group of images nice shapes and pastel colors. If you’re ever up in the Bellingham WA area check out Larrabee State Park, it also has some great sandstone erosions similar to Point Lobos.