Fishing Boat at Sunset by Marcia Socolik

Fishing Boat at Sunset

by Marcia Socolik

Title

Fishing Boat at Sunset

Artist

Marcia Socolik

Medium

Photography

Description

This photo was taken in Mexico, in the Baja Peninsula. I love the way the fishing boat is in silhouette against the vivid orange sky, and the setting sun touches the horizon and reflects upon the water. Nature's artwork!
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The Baja California peninsula (English: Lower California), is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. Its land mass separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California. The Peninsula extends 1,247 kilometres (775 mi) from Mexicali, Baja California in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur in the south.
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The Baja California peninsula was once a part of the North American Plate, the tectonic plate of which mainland Mexico remains a part. About 12 to 15 million years ago the East Pacific Rise began cutting into the margin of the North American Plate, initiating the separation of the peninsula from it. Spreading within the Gulf of California consists of short oblique rifts or ridge segments connected by long northwest trending transform faults, which together comprise the Gulf of California Rift Zone. The north end of the rift zone is located in the Brawley seismic zone in the Salton Sea basin between the Cerro Prieto Fault and the San Andreas Fault. The Baja California peninsula is now part of the Pacific Plate and is moving with it away from the East Pacific Rise in a north northwestward direction. Along the coast north of Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur is a prominent volcanic activity area.
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The Peninsula is known colloquially as Baja by American and Canadian tourists, and is renowned for its natural beauty and pristine environment. It draws ecotourists who go whale watching for migrating California Gray Whales as well as tourists that arrive to the Baja California Gold Coast and resorts on the southern tip of the Peninsula. Its location between the North Pacific and Gulf of California give it a reputation for good sports fishing.
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much of the text above quoted/paraphrased from wikipedia.org
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FEATURED PHOTO, USA Artist News, 12/13/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, Fine Art America Water Water and Water Group, 12/13/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, Fine Art America Loving the Color ORANGE Group, 12/17/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, Fine Art America ABC Group - S - SUNRISE or SUNSET, 12/21/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA All Art group, 12/30/2012