. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 01 (July 1901) . some rea-son have sufficient hardness toresist the rush and swirl of thewaters. This point ^s one ofthe most exposed in SouthernCalifornia, lying so that it re-ceives the direct swell of theocean to the north of the Islandof Santa Catallna, which is anatural windbreak for the coastfor twenty miles south. Dallythe sea bolls about the rock sen-tinel, often covering it and strik-ing the lofty cliff, rising Infiuffy masses high In air to thetop of the bluff where the lightstands. An Interesting and picturesqueeffect of erosion expressive ofth
. Scientific American Volume 85 Number 01 (July 1901) . some rea-son have sufficient hardness toresist the rush and swirl of thewaters. This point ^s one ofthe most exposed in SouthernCalifornia, lying so that it re-ceives the direct swell of theocean to the north of the Islandof Santa Catallna, which is anatural windbreak for the coastfor twenty miles south. Dallythe sea bolls about the rock sen-tinel, often covering it and strik-ing the lofty cliff, rising Infiuffy masses high In air to thetop of the bluff where the lightstands. An Interesting and picturesqueeffect of erosion expressive ofthe wear and tear of the seaIs seen In the well-knownArch Rock at Santa Monica,about seventeen miles from Los ^tuntitu ^mtxxtm. Angeles. Here there is a long stretch of beach, thetown being situated on a bluff which rises from thirtyto fifty or more feet precipitously above it. At thenorth rise the Sierra Santa Monica Mountains, extend-ing from ten miles Inland to the very coast, terminat-ing at the sea In the Arch Rock. The mountains here July 6, ABCH BOCK, SANTA UONICA.
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