November 13-20
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Photo of the Week
by Ralph Lee Hopkins
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 he dramatic formations of Land's End mark the terminus of the Baja Peninsula. Just inland of this scene lies the freewheeling sprawl of Cabo San Lucas—a juxtaposition that epitomizes the twin forces at play in Baja: unbridled nature and looming development. The arid Baja Peninsula stretches from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas, the roiled Pacific Ocean on one side and the glassy Sea of Cortés on the other. There flourish a dozen species of migratory whales, herds of mobula rays, leatherback and other sea turtles, a healthy billfish population despite relentless overangling, hundreds of species of birds including the elusive blue-footed booby, and numerous other indigenous, even unique, aquatic and desert life-forms.
Read more in "Is Baja on the Block?"
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