PANORAMIC PROPORTIONS

AS THE "LONGEST AND MOST SCENIC STRETCH OF UNDEVELOPED COASTLINE IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES," BIG SUR OFFERS BREATHTAKING VIEWS TO ALL VISITORS WHO TAKE ON THE 76 MILE JOURNEY DOWN CALIFORNIA'S HIGHWAY 1. ORIGINALLY CEDED TO THE US BY MEXICO IN 1848, THE AREA WAS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE UNITED STATES' "LAST FRONTIER" AND REMAINED ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST ISOLATED AREAS UNTIL HIGHWAY 1 WAS COMPLETED IN 1937. TODAY IT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S LEAST INHABITED SECTIONS AND ANY DEVELOPMENT IS EITHER OUTLAWED OR STRICTLY REGULATED TO PRESERVE THE LAND'S NATURAL BEAUTY. READ MORE ABOUT THIS PHOTO AND HOW IT WAS CAPTURED.