The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) took these photographs of a massive mudslide that covered this section of State Route 1 Saturday night. CALTRANS estimates that over a million tons of rock and dirt fell down the slope, extending over 1,500 feet of road and continuing down to the ocean floor below. Authorities do not have an estimate when the section of road will re-open.
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