“I see San Clemente this winter lying in all its amethystine (violet quartz gemstone) beauty, like an Indian arrow-head, tipped with shining stretches of sand, enshrined by the white arms of the sea.”
– Blanche Trask, naturalist and writer, 1904
Southern California Offshore Enigma … Magnificence and Mystery Meet Mayhem and Murder Most Foul along a Planetary Vortex