Big Sur!!

We just went on a four-day trip to Big Sur followed by the Morro Bay area! While we were there, we went to Pfeiffer Beach, which has purple sand. :) I have been researching what causes the sand to be purple! So here are a few things I learned:

Sand can be anywhere from white, green, pink, orange, purple, and black; but only two beaches in the world--including Pfeiffer Beach--are purple.

Pfeiffer Beach is considered one of the nine most colorful beaches in the world!

Not all the sand on the beach is purple, but the sand that is purple is caused by the quartz and manganese garnet in the hills surrounding the beach, which gets washed down to the ocean, turning the sand a bright purple color. Changing daily, the sand can glint with shades of violet, lavender, royal purple, ruby red, or pink.

Purple sand is most common after winter storms.

 Offshore, Pfeiffer Beach also contains many large purple rocks that contribute to the beach's extraordinary coloration. :) The further north you go, the more prominent the purple sand becomes.

That's all I have on the sand! :)

This is a photo we took at Pfeiffer Beach; although it doesn't show the purple sand, I really like it! :) ;)

Running with Leopold!! ;)

I really enjoyed learning about the sand, and I hope you do too!! :)

Our God truly is an awesome God!!

"You have made them...the birds of the heavens, the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas. O, LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!"
~Psalm 8: 5&8-9 

Love,

Ava Katherine <3