{"id":25036,"date":"2021-06-12T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000020733"},"modified":"2021-06-12T08:23:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T15:23:17","slug":"monthly-photo-gallery-water-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/monthly-photo-gallery-water-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"IN PICTURES: Through water, a refreshing look at Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

What to even say about water? It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, it takes up 60% of our bodies, it’s 95% of your favorite beer and it can be beautiful.<\/p>\n

With summer around the corner, our photographers picked “water” as the theme of their monthly photo challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the wake of Long Beach reemerging from year-long darkness due to COVID-19, they captured people enjoy their favorite watersports, revelers feeling the joy of their first crowded boat party since the coronavirus arrived, and some serene natural moments.<\/p>\n

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Kitesurfers over the beach as a man lies in the sun in Long Beach on June 8, 2021. Photo by Tess Kazenoff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A party boat cruises through Queensway Bay in Long Beach Monday, June 1, 2021. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A rider on personal watercraft kicks up water heading out to open sea through the Queensway Bay in Long Beach Monday, June 1, 2021. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Riders on personal watercraft come back from a ride as they cruise past a Carnival ship in Long Beach Monday, June 1, 2021. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A dog shakes his body as his owner pours water on him with a watering pail during a bath in Central Long Beach on June 1, 2021. Photo by Crystal Niebla.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A dog\u2019s tongue reaches his lower leg during a bath at a home in Central Long Beach on June 1, 2021. Photo by Crystal Niebla.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Calm, waveless water ripples in Long Beach on June 8, 2021. Photo by Tess Kazenoff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A reflection displays a day at the beach in Long Beach on June 8, 2021. Photo by Tess Kazenoff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A person runs across the beach during a day of kite surfing in Long Beach on June 8, 2021. Photo by Tess Kazenoff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A person walks into the water with a kite in Long Beach on June 8, 2021. Photo by Tess Kazenoff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lillian Kroeze, 6, waters plants in Long Beach’s Lakewood Village neighborhood, Sunday, June 6. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Water drops on daylilies glisten in the afternoon sun, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Water beads on a surfboard, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Water trickles down rocks into a small pond, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An ice-cold glass of water on a warm spring day, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A man fishes in Queensway Bay, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A diver rinses off on a dock in Queensway Bay in Downtown Long Beach, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The water of Queensway Bay shimmers under the late-afternoon sun in Downtown Long Beach, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What to even say about water? It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, it takes up 60% of our bodies, it’s 95% of your favorite beer and it can be beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":71608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31847],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[2771],"class_list":["post-25036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-photo-gallery-saturday","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25036"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=25036"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=25036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}