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Muir Beach, northern California, in January at low tide
Muir Beach is a beautiful, secluded and off-the-beaten-track beach just north of San Francisco. Low tide reveals a mass of tide pools (rock pools) alive with shellfish and starfish, and rocks barnacled with mussels and the sand honeycomb made by unseen sea worms.
Photo ID: HR-MuirBeach-SanFran-LateJan2014-9190
Created: January 31, 2014
Author: Alison Toon
Alison Toon
Photo size: 17.2 Mpixels (49.2 MB uncompressed) - 5080x3387 pixels (16.9x11.3 in / 43x28.7 cm at 300 ppi)
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