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While taking a recent road trip on Highway 1 in California looking for that quintessential coastal landscape, I happened upon the Northern Elephant Seal Rookery in Cambria. Living in Southern California all of my life, seeing the occasional seal was common, but never did I witness HUNDREDS of them all in one beach.

From the Friends of the Elephant Seal website:

"The northern elephant seal is the second largest seal in the world, after the southern elephant seal. Much more agile in their ocean environment, an elephant seal moves on land with considerable effort, by using its front flippers and belly. Adult males are 14 to 16 feet (4 to 5 m) in length and 4,000 to 5,000 pounds (1,400 to 2,300 kg) in weight. The females are much smaller at about 9 to 12 feet (2.5 to 4 m) in length and weigh 900 to 1,800 pounds (400 to 800 kg)."

Enjoy!