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Photographs: San Francisco

Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, and Pilings

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Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, and Pilings

Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, and Pilings. San Francisco, California. July 18, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

San Francisco Bay with Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands, Bay Bridge, and old pilings along The Embarcadero on the San Francisco waterfront. Photographed while walking along the Embarcadero on a July day.

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Structures and Objects

Point Reyes Life-saving Station

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Point Reyes Life-saving Station

Point Reyes Life-saving Station. Point Reyes National Seashore, California. June 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of the historic Point Reyes Life-saving Station and dock with Drakes Bay and Point Reyes cliffs beyond. Point Reyes National Seashore, California.

This old building sits right on the shoreline of Drakes Bay, on the sheltered side of the Point Reyes Headlands. It was used until a half century ago as the staging area of rescues at sea, and it includes an unusual rail system for launching rescue boats. (It somehow seems right to show this historic building in black and white, and compositionally I like the effect a bit better as well.)

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