Showing posts with the label Beach

Playa de Las Teresitas: A European Beach Made From Saharan Sand

Jun 2, 2023

Playa de Las Teresitas in Tenerife, Spain, is one of the most popular beaches of the Canary Islands, but the beach is not natural—it was cre...

Guarapari’s Radioactive Beaches

Mar 17, 2021

About 50 km south of Vitória, the state capital of Espírito Santo, in southeastern Brazil, lies the coastal town of Guarapari, a popular tou...

The War Rubble of Crosby Beach

Jun 2, 2020

Photo: pshab/Flickr Just beyond the coastguard station at the end of the promenade at Crosby Beach, in Liverpool, is a flat stretch of s...

Glass Beach on Ussuri Bay

Feb 2, 2017

Just a 30-minute-drive away from the city of Vladivostok, Russia, lies a stunning bay surrounded by impressive cliffs. Not very long ago, th...

The Toxic White Beaches of Rosignano Solvay

Dec 5, 2016

The dazzling white sand of “Spiagge Bianche”, or “white beaches”, in the town of Rosignano Solvay, in southern Tuscany, has been luring tour...

Kamilo: Hawaii's Plastic Beach

May 21, 2016

On the remote southeastern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii, lies the beach of Kamilo, where swirling ocean currents bring and dump all sorts...

Paris Plages: The Artificial Beaches of Paris

Oct 17, 2015

Every year since 2002, a section of the pedestrian bank along the river Seine, in the center of Paris, is transformed into a beach, in a pop...

The Ninety Mile Beach, Australia

Oct 8, 2015

There are a lot of long and straight things in Australia: a 145-km stretch of road without a turning, a 478-km stretch of dead-straight rai...

The Mystery of Beach Cusps

Sep 21, 2015

Beach cusps are one of the strangest natural formation along the water’s edge. They are made up of a rhythmic pattern of small cusps and bay...

A Hidden Beach in Marieta Islands Formed by Military Bombing

Feb 21, 2015

Marieta Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of Nayarit, in Mexico. Ever since the islands was labelle...

Pebble Beaches Around The World

Jan 8, 2015

Beaches usually mean sand, but not always. There are beaches made of sea shells , broken glasses pounded smooth by the surf and pebbles. Wh...

Petroglyph Beach in Wrangell, Alaska

Jan 5, 2015

Petroglyph Beach is located on the north-west of Wrangell, a town in Alaska. The beach is so called for the large number of petroglyphs rese...

Papakolea, The Green Sand Beach

Aug 23, 2014

Papakolea Beach, also known as Green Sand Beach or Mahana Beach, is a green sand beach located near South Point, in the Kaʻu district of the...

Mar Chiquita, a Secluded Beach in Puerto Rico

May 10, 2014

Mar Chiquita, or Little Sea, is a small beach in a protected cove near the eastern end of a long rocky wall exposed on the coast of Manatí i...

New Zealand’s Hot Water Beach

Apr 18, 2014

Hot Water Beach is a popular beach and geothermal attraction located on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, approxima...

The Star Sand Beach of Hoshizuna-no-hama

Mar 21, 2014

Hoshizuna no Hama is a small beach located on the northern tip of the remote Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture, in Japan. Hoshizuna no H...

Wineglass Bay in Australia

Jan 30, 2014

Located on Tasmania’s Freycinet Peninsula, Wineglass Bay is one of the most photogenic beaches in Australia. This crescent-shaped beach of d...

Chinese Beaches Once Again Hit by Invading Algae

Jul 5, 2013

The seas off China have been hit by the largest ever growth of algae. The vast swath of green growth is washing onto the shores of the Yello...

Beach of the Cathedrals, Spain

Feb 27, 2013

Beach of the Cathedrals, or Playa de Las Catedrales in Spanish, is situated in the municipality of Ribadeo in the province of Lugo (Galicia)...

Artificially Heated Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach, Iceland

Jan 7, 2013

In Iceland the sea is normally far too cold to tempt swimmers, but at Nautholsvik bay in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, a thermal b...