California Coast from the Air: Images of a Changing Landscape

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In a state identified with change, California’s 1,100-mile coastline lives up to the reputation. Storm waves attack sea cliffs, earthquakes trigger landslides, and ocean waves relentlessly move sand. Over the last century, humans have changed the coast too, particularly in Southern California, where some stretches of coastline have been completely altered.
Thanks to the California Coastal Records Project, the brainchild of Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman, we’ve an aerial photographic record of all of the coastline, from the redwood forests near the Oregon border to the urbanized shoreline of San Diego Bay. California Coast from the Air features 150 of the most efficient photographs from this scientifically valuable yet really artistic choice of more than 80,000 images. Steep coastal cliffs progressively sliding into the ocean, an isolated sandy beach that can’t be reached by road, or sand dunes marching inland under the force of the wind are just among the scenes portrayed in the book’s photos. Oceanographer Gary Griggs and architect Deepika Shrestha Ross provide insightful captions, describing the natural features, their changes through the years, and human efforts to tame them. The photographs are organized by county, from north to south, and shaded-relief maps locate features described in the text.

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