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href="https://gualalariver.org/category/tour/sightings/">Sightings</a></span> <span class="delimiter">»</span> <span class="current">A look at the beautiful and full Gualala River Lagoon, as photographed by Anthony Cuesta</span></div> <article class="post-listing post-21286 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sightings" id="the-post"> <div class="post-inner"> <h1 class="name post-title entry-title" itemprop="itemReviewed" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing"><span itemprop="name">A look at the beautiful and full Gualala River Lagoon, as photographed by Anthony Cuesta</span></h1> <div class="entry"> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="800" height="360" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-14-The_full_Gualala_River_by_Anthony_Cuesta-800x360.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21292" srcset="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-14-The_full_Gualala_River_by_Anthony_Cuesta-800x360.jpg 800w, https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-14-The_full_Gualala_River_by_Anthony_Cuesta-300x135.jpg 300w, https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-14-The_full_Gualala_River_by_Anthony_Cuesta-768x346.jpg 768w, https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-14-The_full_Gualala_River_by_Anthony_Cuesta-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-14-The_full_Gualala_River_by_Anthony_Cuesta.jpg 1800w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Gualala River Lagoon, June, 2024, photograph by Anthony Cuesta, reprinted with permission</em></figcaption></figure></div> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>“When the sandbar stops much of the river water from entering the Pacific Ocean, the mouth of the river floods beautifully into its natural floodplain. Anthony Cuesta photographed the Gualala River from Gualala Point Regional Park, showing Mill Bend. You can see a portion of the Gualala River Bridge on the far right. It’s part of Highway One.</p> <p>Any fish that were in the river when it closed are now trapped in luxury until the river reopens in autumn with enough rain.</p> <p>Thanks to Anthony for allowing us to share his beautiful photo with you.”</p> <cite>– Commentary by Jeanne Jackson, <a href="https://www.mendonomasightings.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MendonomaSightings.com</a></cite></blockquote> </blockquote> </div> <span style="display:none" class="updated">2024-07-01</span> <div style="display:none" class="vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><strong class="fn" itemprop="name"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/author/dave-j/" title="Posts by Gualala River" rel="author">Gualala River</a></strong></div> <div class="share-post"> <span class="share-text">Share</span> <ul class="flat-social"> <li><a 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