A low-tide tableau
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Between its renowned stretches of sunny, sandy beach, San Diego's shores are lined with steep cliffs and ocean-battered rock beds. Many of the pits and crevices worn into the stone remain filled with water at low tide, making fine habitats for anemones, starfish, sea slugs, and other small marine creatures. This popular patch of tide pools is located just below the cliff-bounded La Jolla neighborhood, home to a major underwater wildlife reserve and the West Coast's oldest oceanography institute.
Featherweight? Hardly.
Rhodes to ruins
Bird meets beach
Tied to the tide
Unparalleled paradise
West Coast watchtower
Bridge to paradise
A threatened paradise
