The images on this site depict the California coast. They’re from a project called Documerica, funded by the EPA in the 1970s to photograph subjects of environmental concern.

To read more about this project, go here, or browse their searchable database at the Documerica Series of the National Archives. The pictures are fascinating—and they’re in the public domain.

Photo credits: Tomas Sennett (this page, 1st and 3rd photos on homepage) and Dick Rowan (2nd image on homepage)