The Glass Beach, California

Glass stone that sparkle in the water. Picture from Google images

Glass Beach is located at Fort Bragg. California. Though its name we can guess that this its shore is full with glass stone. Most people find it's best to stroll along the beach and don't have to worry if their foot get wounded. This is because, the glass stone have been rounded by the waves. The shore seems so nice during day as the  glass stone sparkle. Tourist who come to this beach will collect the shiny stones although it is not allowed to doing so in order to preserve the area.

Tiny piece of stone. Picture from Google images

People might be amazed if they knew that actually the Glass Beach was reformed from the dumping ground near the beach since 1940.  At that time, citizen nearby Fort Bragg will go to this place and throw away the rubbish from the cliffs. Awareness to save the environment was still lacking at that time. There are various type of rubbish that have been thrown away such as garbage, kitchen utensils, old cars and of course, glass. In 1960, the beach has been cleaned up and and in 2000 the beach was declared as California State Park.

Various sizes and colours of glass stone. Picture from Google image

Before this, nobody realized that the rubbish will create these 'Jewels of the Ocean'. Mother Nature plays a big role where it changed the shagged glass into a round and shiny stone. According to Johnson (2013), "It can take anywhere from 10-30 years to make sea glass, the name for any piece of glass that finds its way to the ocean and tumbles around in the water long enough to frost and smooth its surface."

This beach is so amazing! How I wish I could stroll along the beach. Sometimes we never knew that our nature can create amazing things like this. So save our environment.

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