2022.01: Cypress Point Lookout, 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, California, USA

Location: Cypress Point Lookout, 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, California, USA

Date: 2022.01

Photographer: Jesen

Camera: Nikon D850

Retouch: Adobe Photoshop

Copyright: www.haomingxiong.com

This point was called Cabo de Nieve (Cape Snow) by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.  Nobody is sure why he saw a white landscape in 1542.  Many years after the first Europeans roamed the area, a missionary called the small peninsula La Punta de los Cipreses (Cypress Point) and the name stuck. When Cabrillo arrived to the area the Monterrey cypress was nearly extinct.  It only occurs naturally from this point to Point Pescadero and in Point Lobos (south of Carmel and seen across the bay).  Nowadays, this type of cypress has been planted all around the world.

JESEN Photo