special beach monterey bay.

[AllaN01Bear]

this is some drone footage that a friend of mine took. the gentleman driving the drone is a licensed drone captain under federal avation administration part 107 for drones ( if the drone is more tha 225 grams ( 55 pounds or to be used in any aspect of a businness, you need a license )

[LizBeth]

1. I lived there a couple years. Awesome part of our country.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. The footage and accompanying music... I have no words. Thanks AllaN01Bear for sharing!

[hunter]

3. That's the mouth of the Salinas River.

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/salinas_river/

The Salinas River used to empty further North near Moss Landing but farmers in their quest to convert even more wetlands to farmland probably punched a new channel through through the dunes and blamed it on the San Francisco Earthquake.

Lower elevations around the Salinas River were naturally wetlands but most had been drained by 1900 using Chinese labor. Racism in Monterey County reflected the U.S.A. at large. Chinese farmers and fisherman were driven out of business between 1875 and 1900 by discriminatory laws. In 1906 the Chinese quarter south of Monterey burned in a fire of suspicious origin and local regulations were immediately passed preventing its reoccupation by Chinese families and businesses.

The Salinas River used to flow to the sea all year but after World War II so much water was being extracted for agriculture the river mostly dries up in the summer and the area pictured in this video becomes a brackish lagoon. Further upriver there is a big rubber dam that catches the last trickle of fresh water flowing in the river. This water is mixed with reclaimed sewage, treated further, and recycled for irrigation and groundwater replenishment.

The refuge, in spite of its largely artificial origins and degradation, is a great place for watching birds.

[4dog]

4. 225 g is half a pound

Misplaced decimal?