Ballona Creek

At the beginning of February, I had taken a picture of Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd just after sunset.  It had rained a fair amount in the preceding days so the creek level was decently high compared to what it looks like in the summer months.

Last night, I woke up several times to the sound of rain coming down pretty hard so I figured that the creek was really be going.  At dawn, I drove out to the same spot while the rain was still coming down and captured a few shots to show the speed of the water flowing out to the ocean.  The water slows down significantly as the creek widens as it approaches the ocean.

There is a good amount of debris in this water.  A lot of it washes up on the local beaches.  I’m sure some of it floats out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.  There is a great program about the garbage patch called TOXIC: Garbage Island.  You can watch it on VBS.tv.

The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking east

The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking west

The Ballona Creek at Pacific Ave., looking west

The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking west (February 1, 2010)