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Alviso King Tide and Camera Test, 1/20/19 by Ronald Horii
The king tides are unusually high tides. They occur when the gravitational pull of the sun and moon are at their highest. They occur in the winter in California when the earth is closest to the moon and sun and when the sun and moon are in alignment. These high tides provide an opportunity to see the effects of sea level rise, when these high tides could become the new low tides. The best place in San Jose to see the effect of the king tides is Alviso Marina County Park. The Guadalupe River drains into the Alviso Slough, which connects to the south end of San Francisco Bay. The lower part of the Guadalupe River is tidal. Alviso Marina County Park is on the Alviso Slough and has boat docks on it. The Alviso Slough Trail runs on top of the levee that borders the slough. It starts at the marina and goes into the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
California King Tides Project: https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/
Here are more of my pictures of Alviso, including during the king tides: http://www.rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina
About Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx
On this trip, I was testing out my new travelzoom camera, a Panasonic ZS60. It replaces my Panasonic ZS50, which broke. It's a compact camera with a 30X zoom range. It's one of the few compact cameras with an electronic viewfinder, which is handy for following moving objects, like birds. https://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/DMC-ZS60.html
The king tides are unusually high tides. They occur when the gravitational pull of the sun and moon are at their highest. They occur in the winter in California when the earth is closest to the moon and sun and when the sun and moon are in alignment. These high tides provide an opportunity to see the effects of sea level rise, when these high tides could become the new low tides. The best place in San Jose to see the effect of the king tides is Alviso Marina County Park. The Guadalupe River drains into the Alviso Slough, which connects to the south end of San Francisco Bay. The lower part of the Guadalupe River is tidal. Alviso Marina County Park is on the Alviso Slough and has boat docks on it. The Alviso Slough Trail runs on top of the levee that borders the slough. It starts at the marina and goes into the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
California King Tides Project: https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/
Here are more of my pictures of Alviso, including during the king tides: http://www.rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina
About Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx
On this trip, I was testing out my new travelzoom camera, a Panasonic ZS60. It replaces my Panasonic ZS50, which broke. It's a compact camera with a 30X zoom range. It's one of the few compact cameras with an electronic viewfinder, which is handy for following moving objects, like birds. https://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/DMC-ZS60.html
