Fantasizing about warm, sandy beaches with gently lapping waves? Well, we decided you could use a shake-up—so here we are on California"s Monterey Peninsula for a glimpse at the ocean"s raw, unadulterated power. Asilomar State Beach"s mile-long coastline trail offers views like this one of seas crashing on jagged shores. Below the frothy surface swim innumerable ocean organisms protected by the massive Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the largest marine preserve in the contiguous United States. Behind us, a rich dune habitat supporting its own delicate flora and fauna can be explored via a boardwalk trail.
Feel the spray in Monterey
Today in History
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Let s celebrate cephalopods
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A gorge-ous mill in the Causses
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
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Pride Month
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Burrowing owls
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Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
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World Reef Awareness Day
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The owl that loved football
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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International Polar Bear Day
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Happy Hobbit Day
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Day of the Dead
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Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Of balloons and lost pantaloons
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Make your list and check it twice
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International Women s Day
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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Birds of a feather
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Southern right whale
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Fiddlehead fern fronds
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Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Ski touring in Austria
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World Book Day
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Juniper Springs, Florida