Glass Beach Dreams
by Joe Schofield
Title
Glass Beach Dreams
Artist
Joe Schofield
Medium
Photograph
Description
An image of Glass Beach, Ft. Bragg CA. No, it is not how it appears. This image was taken with a telephoto lens, straight down from the waist. Then it was helped along the way with Photoshop. You get the idea. Tho cool part is what you can put this image onto here in Fine Art America. Take a look!
There are three Glass Beach sites in Fort Bragg where trash was dumped into the ocean between 1906 and 1967. Site Two (1943-1949) and Three (1949–1967 - "Glass Beach") are located at the end of the path that begins on the corner of Elm Street and Glass Beach Drive. These sites are accessible by foot and by a short climb down the cliffs surrounding the beach. Site One (1906–43) is 1/4 mile south of Site Two and has become accessible by foot as of January 2015 when the northern section of the new Coastal Trail in Fort Bragg opened.
In 1998, the private owner of the property began a five-year process of working with the California Coastal Conservancy and the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the cleanup and sale of the property to the state. Following completion of the clean up, the California Department of Parks and Recreation purchased the 38-acre Glass Beach property, and it was incorporated into MacKerricher State Park in October 2002.
Most of the actual "Glass Beach", Site 3, is "adjacent" to MacKerricher State Park. All entities in California end at the mean high water mark (MHW), according to Article 10 of the state constitution. In Fort Bragg, the mean high water mark is 5.2', and most of Glass Beach is below that water mark.
Sites 1 & 2 are located south of "Glass Beach" and do not abut the state park area, though they abut the new city park area, which also ends at the mean high water mark.
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July 18th, 2018
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Comments (38)
Danielle Rosaria
Congratulations! Your image has been chosen as our Special Feature of the Week for the Everyday Wonder group! This is such a beautiful capture!
Carol Montoya
Fabulous capture! Joe, there was an article I just read which stated most of the colors have been taken by visitors to the beach. Is it true and they might close the beach down?
Joe Schofield replied:
Thank you Carol. There was not a lot to be found. I sent you a note for further explanation.