Baja California - Desert meets Ocean is a photograph by Alexandra Till which was uploaded on October 5th, 2014.
Title
Baja California - Desert meets Ocean
Artist
Alexandra Till
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Photograph - Photographs - Prints - Digital Images - Cards - Posters - Photo-calendars - Photo Art
Description
© Christine Till
Being so distant from Mexico City, separated from the rest of Mexico by the Sea of Cortez, the peninsula of Baja California (English Lower California), northwestern Mexico, is 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) long, making it the world's third-longest. When the Spaniards arrived in the Baja California area in 1539, they believed they had reached a mythical island of female warriors governed by Queen Calafia.
The beaches along Baja California's two coasts vary tremendously. The western coast, which faces the Pacific Ocean, is characterized by cool water, ocean swells and occasional heavy surf. Rips are common all along the Pacific coast, and are the ocean's way of finding its level when big waves send lots of water onto the beach. The eastern coast faces the narrow Sea of Cortez and generally has calmer waters.
These days, locals still refer to Baja as La Frontera, the frontier, because it still remains largely undeveloped, except for the desert peninsula's tip, where Los Cabos (the Capes) is booming. Talk about contrasts!
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October 5th, 2014
