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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Ocean & Coast

Big Sur Coastline Near Rocky Creek

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Big Sur Coastline Near Rocky Creek
Big Sur Coastline Near Rocky Creek. Big Sur, California. February 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Big Sur Coastline Near Rocky Creek with giant winter surf and low fog.

The conditions were a bit unusual on this winter day. The “fog” is not the usual coastal fog drifting in from the ocean. Rather, it was the result of tremendous amounts of spray being thrown up by the huge winter surf that was rolling in.

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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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Photographs: San Francisco

South Beach Harbor

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South Beach Harbor

South Beach Harbor. San Francisco, California. May 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

The water was extremely smooth on this somewhat hazy morning along the Embarcadero near the San Francisco Giants’ ATT Park.

(A note: It was something of a pleasant surprise when this photo emerged on the home page from the queue this morning. So much has happened in the last month or so – daughter’s wedding, moving a son from Seattle to the SF Bay Area, conclusion of another school year, etc. – that the day I made this photo seems like it might have been a year ago!)

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Sports

Four Windsurfers

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Four Windsurfers
Four Windsurfers. Pacific Coast, California. March 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

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