Here’s a dusk-time, south-facing view of the “South Bay” (aka Santa Monica bay) from about 1,000 feet up in Temescal State Park (part of Topanga State Park). This image is actually one frame (of about 120) in a time-lapse sequence I captured in November 2005. Temescal Park is in the Santa Monica Mountains, which hug the coast of California from roughly the Hollywood hills (in Los Angeles County) to Point Mugu in Ventura County — a length of nearly 40 miles (64 km). In the view below, one can see most of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, about 30 miles away. This was an especially clear day (which are, themselves, more common in late fall and winter) — rare for this area. The commonly-seen hazy skies in this area are not just due to smog, but also a “marine layer”.

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