Ebb Tide Moonstone Beach

Please view Large on Black. Long Exposure at Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California. Apr. 9, 2006. Captured with Canon EOS5D, Canon EF24-105mm f4L IS USM at 35mm, f 8 @ 2 sec., ISO 100. Tripod. Singh-Ray Vari-ND Variable Neutral Density Filter (thin mount), Plus a B+W 3 stop ND filter. Post Processing with CS5. ColorEfexPro 3.0 (Tonal Contrast) and SilverEfexPro 2.0.

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Please view Large on Black. Double arch with a small beach and cove. Montana de Oro State Park, California. Nov. 2, 2012. Captured with Canon EOS5DIII, Canon EF24-105mm f4L IS USM at 24mm, f 16 @ 86 sec., ISO 50. Tripod. Singh-Ray Vari-ND Variable Neutral Density Filter (thin mount), Plus a B+W 3 stop ND filter. On a Photo excursion with the awesome Bob Canepa (bcanepa_photos). Post Processing with CS5. OnOne PhotoTools 2.6 (Green Velvet, Color Intensity), NikSofware ColorEfexPro 4.0 (Image Borders), ColorEfexPro 3.0 (Tonal Contrast) and Viveza 2.0.

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EBB TIDE AT MOONSTONE BEACH.

Moonstone Beach is a part of Cambria.

Cambria (also known as "Cambria, Pines By the Sea") is a seaside village located midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the California State Route 1 (Highway 1). The name Cambria was settled upon in 1869 (previously the town had gone by the names of Slabtown, Rosaville, San Simeon and Santa Rosa).

 

History

Local tribes

Earliest human settlement of this area is associated with prehistoric habitation by the Native American Chumash peoples, who exploited marine resources along the coastal area, with emphasis upon sites that were streamside in nature.

Although our recorded history of the tribes in this region does not begin until explorers and missionaries arrived, there is evidence that there were many tribal settlements in the area that was to become Cambria. It is estimated that as many as 30,000 thrived in the area in the 1000 years before the Spanish arrived. Some experts believe these tribes were migratory and used Cambria as a seasonal settlement, while others are convinced that they lived there permanently. Most agree that they feasted on shellfish and seafood on the coast, as well as traveling inland to hunt and gather seeds. A variety of artistically-crafted implements have been discovered, including obsidian spears and arrowheads; basalt, sandstone, and granite mortars and pestles; soapstone kettles; and stone hammers. They were skilled basket and net makers and fashioned jewelry from crab claws, abalone shells, and the teeth of sharks and whales. The presence of soapstone (steatite) provides evidence that they traded with the Catalina Island tribes, while the lack of metals and glass indicated they did not trade with Europeans or Asiatics.

Evidence exists to allow experts to conclude that Cambria tribes were gentle, generous, and peaceful, and that they lived simply. Their family bonds were strong, and they exhibited great love and patience toward their children. They were also noted for their extreme cleanliness in handling and preparing food and possessed an advanced knowledge of medicinal herbs. For entertainment, they enjoyed music and had a passion for gambling.

 

Early settlers and quicksilver

Cambria is located on the Rancho Santa Rosa Mexican land grant given in 1841 Julian Estrada.

Settlers were drawn to the area by its fertile lands, streams, and lumber. Additionally, miners were attracted to the area by the 1862 discovery of cinnabar, the mineral in which quicksilver is found. For awhile, Cambria was a boomtown, with $280,000 worth of quicksilver shipped out of San Simeon between 1867-70.

For awhile, Cambria was a mining boom town, and prospectors flooded the area. Over 150 claims were filed in the early 1870s. The most successful of these claims, the Oceanic Quicksilver Mining Company, soon employed 300 and was the largest mine in the area and the sixth largest in the world. Three modern furnaces were built, seven tunnels completed, and stock jumped to $30 a share. Hopes were high, and Cambria residents dreamed of wealth. Unfortunately, by 1878, mercury prices had fallen, and Cambria's first boom ended. As mercury prices fluctuated, Cambria's mining thrived, and dwindled. During its boom in 1876, $282,832 in quicksilver was produced; four years later, production totaled only $6,760. A devastating fire in 1889 virtually ended this boom/bust cycle, and Cambria settled into a quiet dairying community.

Originally an American settlement called Slab Town, it was centered at Leffingwell cove of today's north Moonstone Beach, which also housed a wharf. As lumber, ranching and Quicksilver (mercury) mining increased in the area, the village adopted the more dignified name of Cambria, influence by a local transplant surveyor from Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

 

Marine Protected Areas

Cambria State Marine Conservation Area and White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area are marine protected areas offshore from Cambria. Like underwater parks, these marine protected areas help conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems.

 

 

Excerpts sourced from Wikipedia.

 

 

 

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