Fiery Sunset And Lenticular Cirrus Clouds - Newport Beach Backbay California

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Fiery Sunset And Lenticular Cirrus Clouds - Newport Beach Backbay California

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Ram Vasudev

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This was the last sunset of 2013 at Newport Backbay, a wildlife ecological reserve in Newport Beach, California. It was a glorious sunset, with lenticular cirrus clouds and many flocks of birds flying back to roost. You can see the flocks of birds just above the horizon and the trees. They are very small at the size displayed here but look very nice in the full-size photo. A large print of this image would be a great wall art for your home, office or business.

Back Bay is an inland delta in Newport Beach, Orange County, California. It connects the Upper Newport Bay with the Newport Harbor. It is a nature reserve and home to several species of birds with hiking and biking trails, and is protected by California's Bays and Estuaries Policy. The Back Bay is surrounded by Orange County's highly populated residential areas, yet it is home to an amazing variety of wildlife and is a haven for birdwatchers.

Sculpted by the Santa Ana River and carved during the Pleistocene Epoch, mammoth, bison and Giant sloth fossils have been discovered in sedimentary deposits of an older marine terrace here. Until 1862, the Newport Bay flowed directly into the pacific Ocean. The earliest human inhabitants lived in the bay some 9,000 years ago. 2,000 years ago, the Bay was home to the Gabrielino Indians, who lived off the fish and plants inhabiting the area. Following the California mission period, these Native Americans had all but disappeared from the area, and the area above the bay was used for grazing by cattle and sheep. In 1870, the steamer Vaquero gave Newport its namesake after delivering loads of lumber in a "new port." Acquired by the Irvine Company in 1864, the bay was used as a salt works from the 1930s until 1969, when the land used for the salt works was destroyed by flooding. It was not until the 1960s did preservation of the Newport Back Bay begin, after the area was designated to become a water-skiing area. After ten years of lawsuits enacted by concerned citizens, did the State of California Department of Fish and Game designate the undeveloped portions of the Upper Newport Bay an ecological reserve. In the mid 1980s, Orange County incorporated the bluffs surrounding the bay to the ecological reserve. In 1989, the Orange County accepted the 140-acre Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve.

The Back Bay has a wide range of plants, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and marine life. These animals interact in their ecosystem and adapt to live in their habitat. Many of the animals that inhabit the Back Bay are listed on the state and federal endangered species list.
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Copyright © Ram Vasudev. All rights reserved.

Thanks to the following groups for featuring this image:
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery, 01/01/2014
PhotosRUs, 01/09/2014
CLOUDS - always the same but never the same, 04/14/2014

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