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AnoNuevo.jpg - An elephant seal naps on Cove Beach. |
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AnoNuevo2.jpg - Wave-worn gravel on Cove Beach. The large limestone concretion in this image is riddled with holes from boring clams. |
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AnoNuevo3.jpg - View looking east from Cove Beach towards sea cliffs in the Purisima Formation (to the left). In the distance is a cut along Highway 1 where massive cliffs of Santa Cruz Mudstone are exposed. |
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AnoNuevo4.jpg - Quaternary-age alluvium filled an old valley. These deposits are now exposed in sea cliffs along Cove Beach. |
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AnoNuevo5.jpg - View from visitor center picnic area looking west toward Aņo Nuevo Point (and Aņo Nuevo Island). |
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AnoNuevo6.jpg - Sandstone sea cliff at the west end of Cove Beach displays both tafoni-style weathering (giving it a pitted appearance) and an uneven coating of white bird guano. |
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AnoNuevo7.jpg - The "Pond" along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail with Chalk Mountain (east of Highway 1) in the distance. |
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AnoNuevo8.jpg - Sea arches in steeply dipping marine sedimentary rocks of the Monterey Formation (Miocene) are visible along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail. |
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AnoNuevo9.jpg - View looking east along the sea cliffs in Aņo Nuevo Bay with the high hills near Waddell Creek in the distance (east of Highway 1). |
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AnoNuevo10.jpg - Coastal sand dunes at Aņo Nuevo Point with Aņo Nuevo Island in the distance. |
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AnoNuevo11.jpg - Elephant seals resting on the warm beach sand near Aņo Nuevo Point. |
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AnoNuevo12.jpg - Male elephant seals spar for superiority amongst heaps of seaweed at Aņo Nuevo Point. |
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AnoNuevo13.jpg - View looking east across the coastal meadowlands towards massive cliffs of Santa Cruz Mudstone exposed along the steep Highway 1 cut just north of Waddell Creek (on the opposite side of Aņo Nuevo Bay). |
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AnoNuevo14.jpg - Another view of the coastal dunes with Aņo Nuevo Island (with its abandoned buildings) in the distance. Elephant seals now inhabit the vacant buildings. |
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AnoNuevo15.jpg - A zoomed-in view looking east along the sea cliffs of Aņo Nuevo Bay from along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail. |
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AnoNuevo16.jpg - Another zoomed-in view looking east along the sea cliffs of Aņo Nuevo Bay from along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail. |
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AnoNuevo17.jpg - Elephant seals at Aņo Nuevo Point. |
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