Hundreds Of Footprints On Aliso Shore: Patch Photo Of The Week

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — If you pull up to Aliso Beach at just the right time, you may be treated to a sight to grow rarer due to the coming summer season: an empty beach. Laguna Beach resident photographer Susana Cruciana snapped this shot of the Aliso Beach shoreline Monday morning while visiting the water.

The result is a tranquil, picture perfect moment — the sky is bright, the water is impossibly blue and the beach is empty. The only proof of people walking the shore is the hundreds of footprints captured in Cruciana's photo.

Cruciana is a longtime resident of Laguna Beach and regularly sets out into nature with a camera (or camera phone) in tow. She is inspired by the natural beauty of the world around her and wants to share that with her community and the world, she told Patch.

"I’m inspired to share and make the world a prettier place." Cruciana said.

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