Grazing in the Coastal Meadow
by Scott Pellegrin
Title
Grazing in the Coastal Meadow
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
Medium
Photograph
Description
This is a color image of a Roosevelt Elk grazing in the Prairie Creek State Park in Northern California. These are wild animals that are unpredictable and possibly dangerous at times.
Prairie Creek’s centerpiece is Elk Prairie, a grassy meadow surrounded by giant redwoods standing heroically in the misty coastal sunshine. A herd of Roosevelt elk sometimes grazes languidly on the golden prairie. On nearby Gold Bluffs Beach, more elk wallow in tidal rivers as waves wash vast empty beaches under redwood-capped bluffs.
Stepping into the deep shade of the redwood canopy, you’ll find the lushest forest of any old-growth redwood park. Every surface has something green growing on it: lichens hang from branches overhead, moss covers the rocks, and fallen trees have other trees growing on top of them. A plush, unbroken lawn of ferns gives the forest a manicured, garden-like appearance. Breaks in the canopy reveal glimpses of distant arrow-straight trees shooting into the sky. The colors are unusually light; the foliage and the ferns are a light pastel green, while the redwoods’ bark is a light grey.
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October 10th, 2023
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