Northern California: meeting the mighty Pacific and the inevitable marine layer

 

The world’s greatest ocean leaves its mark in many ways. Fantastic wildlife we will see later, but also as life giver to the arid Californian landscape especially during the summer months. The coastal Redwoods (some up to 130 meters tall) for example wouldn’t be here without the cold moist oceanic fog around their high up branches, often falling down as water drops to the forest floor … The same marine layer causes the cool summer days in San Francisco and the rest of central and northern California, while a few km further inland temperatures reach 30 celsius…

Giant Redwoods at the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Giant Redwoods at the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park

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