The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Well, we're nearing the end of our visit to Iceland.  Eric thought it would be fun to post some landscape photos, so here's a se...

     Early morning sand patterns in the swash zone, 6 May 2026   

    Designed by sand, water, and air (!)

    Eric gathered these little beach stones from the outer beach at Point Reyes so we could document the range of colors.  Each stone is qui...

    While walking at Point Reyes yesterday, Eric and I came across a wonderful setting for photographing patterns of water and light over sa...

    Eric spotted these amazingly green fish eggs last week.  They were on the side of a boulder in the intertidal zone along the shoreline o...

    I was working on some file sorting tonight, so here's a "throwback" photo of sorts — from Point Reyes back in December 20...

     Patterns in beach sand at Point Reyes

  Flow patterns in the sand, 20 March 2020

A few highlights from a short walk in Humarock, MA, this afternoon (26 December 2019), close to where the South River and North River meet. ...

  Drift lines in beach sand in Chatham, MA, back in October.  Does it remind you of shadows and light on a mountainous landscape?  I su...

A few more coastal scenes from our visit to Cape Cod and the South Shore of Massachusetts: From Chatham:     From Provinceto...

  I've encountered these amphipods a few times now and they're just magical!  It's amazing how much they look like sand.   ...

  Close-up of a layer of dark sand — a mix of quartz, garnet, and magnetite — on a beach in Chatham, MA, photographed on 27 September 2...

  The waves painted a Picasso on Salmon Creek Beach! Photographed 27 July 2015   

  Patterns in the sand, Salmon Creek Beach, 14 March 2014

Six inches of rain have been recorded by instruments on Bodega Head during the last 2 days.  And I've heard upwards of 10 inches of rain...

   Patterns in the sand at Doran Beach   Patterns in driftwood at Salmon Creek Beach

  Short-spined Seastar (Pisaster brevispinus) Photo taken on Bodega Head, 7 June 2012.  Note the pink coloration.  Each arm of a seas...