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Point Loma Tide Pools

Climbing out of his boat and onto shore in 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo stepped into history as the first European to set foot on what is now the West Coast of the United States.
Located in a large metropolitan area just west of the city of San Diego, Point Loma encompasses more than 660 acres of native habitat. Cabrillo National Monument rests protected on 160 acres at the southern-most tip of the peninsula, which is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, San Diego Bay on the east.
Point Loma coastline
Point Loma coastline		 Surf Grass, Phyllospadix torreyi
Surf Grass, Phyllospadix torreyi		 Periwinkle snail, Littorina keenae
Periwinkle snail, Littorina keenae		 the splash zone
the splash zone
Sand Castle Worm, Phragmatopoma californica
Sand Castle Worm, Phragmatopoma californica		 Brooding Anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Brooding Anemone, Epiactis prolifera		 Hopkins Rosy Nudibranch, Okenia rosacea, (Hopkinsia rosacea)
Hopkins Rosy Nudibranch, Okenia rosacea, (Hopkinsia rosacea)		 Sea weed
Sea weed
Aggregate Sea Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
Aggregate Sea Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima		 Thatched Barnacle, Tetraclita rubescens
Thatched Barnacle, Tetraclita rubescens		 Sea weed growing on tidal rocks
Sea weed growing on tidal rocks		 Hopkins Rosy Nudibranch
Hopkins Rosy Nudibranch
Solitary Anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Solitary Anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica		 Sea Bubble, Colomenia sinuosa
Sea Bubble, Colomenia sinuosa		 Knobby Sea Star - Pisaster giganteus
Knobby Sea Star - Pisaster giganteus		 Brooding Anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Brooding Anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Lined Shore Crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes
Lined Shore Crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes		 Scaly Tube Snail, Serpulorbis squamigerus
Scaly Tube Snail, Serpulorbis squamigerus		 Dead Man's Fingers, Sponge Weed - Codium fragile
Dead Man's Fingers, Sponge Weed - Codium fragile		 Black Sea Hare, Aplysia vaccaria
Black Sea Hare, Aplysia vaccaria
Black Sea Hare eggs
Black Sea Hare eggs		 Sulfur Sponge, Aplysina fistularis
Sulfur Sponge, Aplysina fistularis		 Owl Limpet, Lottia gigantea
Owl Limpet, Lottia gigantea		 Brittle Star
Brittle Star
Scaled Chiton, Lepidozona pectinulata
Scaled Chiton, Lepidozona pectinulata		 Keyhole Limpet, Megathura crenulata
Keyhole Limpet, Megathura crenulata		 Gooseneck barnacle, Pollicipes polymerus
Gooseneck barnacle, Pollicipes polymerus		 Snowy egret
Snowy egret
Sandstone cliff face with limpets
Sandstone cliff face with limpets		 Sea lettuce, Ulva californica
Sea lettuce, Ulva californica		 Texture of sandstone
Texture of sandstone		 Petrified foot print ??
Petrified foot print ??
Western Gull
Western Gull		 Red algae, Plocamium violacea
Red algae, Plocamium violacea		 Conspicuous Chiton, Stenoplax conspicua
Conspicuous Chiton, Stenoplax conspicua		 Sulfur sponge
Sulfur sponge
Agave in bloom on the bluff above the ocean
Agave in bloom on the bluff above the ocean		 Reflejo de Richard, my roomate
Reflejo de Richard, my roomate		 Brooding Anemone
Brooding Anemone

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