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National Park Mystery Photo 46: Shallow Water

In which unit of the National Park System was this photo taken, and what does it depict?

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The atomic clocks used to record Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) are hyper-accurate, but not quite accurate enough. To maintain the globe's official standard time, "leap seconds" must be added during leap years (years divisible by four, unless divisible by 100 and NOT by 400).  The next leap second will be added at one second before midnight on June 30, 2012.  As a consequence, clocks recording UTC time on that date will display 23:59:59 for two seconds instead of just one.

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Sorry, tomp2; the Quizmeister wasn't at White Sands National Monument when he took this photo. 


for David Crowl--
There's almost no sandy beach at Cabrillo NM.  The shore is rocky intertidal (tidepools) with one sandy cove maybe 50 yards wide and 10 yards deep of sand at low tide.  The CABR webcam feeds are available at:
http://www.researchlearningcenter.com/webcams/
Somebody needs to wipe off the lens of the Zone 1 camera; it should be a clearer picture by Friday or Saturday.


Yove nailed it, justinh. I knew you could do it.


Excellent deduction, tomp2.  Welcome to the winners circle.


Nice going, Roger. That's spot on.


Second Guess. Point Reyes NP


Sorry, Ken; this photo was not taken at Point Reyes National Seashore, nor at any other Pacific Coast location.


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