Water Color Variations Photo at Pebble Beach, California by Ruth Paget
January 11, 2026 was a sunny, cloudless day at Pebble Beach, California, which allowed me to photography color differences in the water due to geographic features.
In the photo below, there are two colors, navy blue and aqua marine. Navy blue water is usually a sign of deep water and even the open ocean.
In this photo, however, the Navy blue water close to shore reflects rock formations below the water surface that creep up the shore.
The aqua marine water reflects an area with white sand beneath the water that reflects the blue sky. This area with aqua marine water is where waves from and begin to crash ashore I saw.
This small exercise in water color observation is probably something surfers and sailors know, but it was a discovery for me as I looked over a photograph of beautiful shoreline.
Looking for these color variations along the ocean in Pebble Beach, California is almost as fun as bird watching, which I also enjoy.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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Pebble Beach, California at Ocean View St. Turnout Photo by Ruth Paget |
