Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Arroyo Seco River, Santa Lucia Mountains
Posted: February 19, 2012 in All Posts, NatureTags: Arroyo Seco River
Pinnacles National Monument II
Posted: February 18, 2012 in All Posts, NatureTags: Pinnacles National Monument
Photo by Alex Constantine
Pinnacles National Monument
Posted: February 17, 2012 in All Posts, NatureTags: Pinnacles National Monument
Photo by Alex Constantine
Photo by Alex Constantine/Monterey Bay Aquarium
Photo by Alex Constantine
Sunrise at Mineral King (Sierras)
Posted: February 8, 2012 in All Posts, NatureTags: Mineral King, Sierras
(Photo by Alex Constantine)
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Communing With Ancient Indian Spirits in the Ventana Wilderness
Posted: January 5, 2012 in NatureTags: Big Sur, Ventana Wilderness
By Alex Constantine
Ventana means “window”—but no guidebook published explains why inhabitants chose the name. The key to the mystery lies in local legends. The Native Americans who lived here believed their spirits drifted to the distant Pacific horizon and basked in scarlet dusks. The spectacular jutting coastline of Big Sur stretches out from forests of redwood and cedar, and a spiritual sensation is so pronounced here that many writers who settled here have strived to describe it. Tourists are drawn to the crags of Andrew Molera Beach and Point Lobos, but venture into the forests of the Santa Lucia Mountains and find brooding, fog-wrapped peaks, lush golden meadows, redwoods rising into the clouds — a window with a view of another world.
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