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Bluff Retreat


Photo north of Santa Monica
Homes threatened by bluff failure. Located between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, just north of Pt. Dume. April 1998. [Photos taken from a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft flying at 500 feet and 130 knots are from URL: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/response/]
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Photo north of Los Angeles
Accelerated bluff failure caused by the established drainage channel at top of bluff, on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, North of Los Angeles. April 1998. [Photos taken from a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft flying at 500 feet and 130 knots are from URL: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/response/]
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