California State Parks (403 images)
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On a Clear Day IMG_32...JPG
A lone visitor to Pomponio State Beach surveys...
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Purple and Green IMG_...JPG
Slow shutter a zoom provide a different look...
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California Seapink Cl...JPG
Close-up the multiple flowers atop Armeria...
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California Sea Pink I...JPG
Armeria maritima, also known as California...
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I Heart MOM IMG_2847-...JPG
"I (heart) Mom", scratched into the sandstone...
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California Seapink Re...JPG
Armeria maritima, also known as California...
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Tafoni and Wave Crash...JPG
A wide ocean view from a rocky beach with...
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Tafoni and Cloudy Sky...JPG
The pockmarked landscape at Bean Hollow State...
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Pacific Wave Splash I...JPG
A wave slams into rocks at California's Bean...
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Sand Sea and Sky IMG_...JPG
A couple and their little one, barely more than...
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Sun Crouches - 2 IMG_...JPG
A jet's contrail slices through sunrise-painted...
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Sun Crouches - 1 IMG_...JPG
As if crouching behind trees on the horizon,...
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Sun Crouches - 3 IMG_...JPG
Panoramic-cropped image of a sunrise sky with...
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Monarch on Flower IMG...JPG
A monarch butterfly on a wildflower at...
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Monarchs Line-up IMG_...JPG
By midmorning monarch butterfiles have left...
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Sunlight Through Butt...JPG
Three monarch butterflies perched on the...
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Sunlight Through Butt...JPG
Three monarch butterflies perched on the...
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Waves Wash and Scrub ...JPG
Incoming waves wash the sands and scrub the...
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Wave Washed 1 IMG_157...JPG
A wave washes over and scrubs an outcrop of...
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Wave Washed 2 IMG_157...JPG
As the latest wave recedes, it draws broad and...
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According to the California State Parks...
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Visitors to the Wide ...JPG
A group of visitors walking the sandy beach are...
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Wetsuits Drying IMG_1...JPG
Surfer's wetsuits are draped and drying on a...
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A gibbous moon hovers over the craggy, rocky...
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Beach and Morning Wav...JPG
Waves roll onto the beach while morning light...
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Beach and Morning Wav...JPG
Waves roll onto the beach while morning light...
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Egrets Turf Battle IM...JPG
In a flurry of feathers and sharp, black bills...
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The Victor IMG_0866.JPG
A solitary Snowy egret stands in the lagoon at...
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Pomponio Lines IMG_08...JPG
Sky, clouds, ocean and shoreline combine to...
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Lighthouse Rainbow IM...JPG
A rainbow's arc disappears into the clouds next...
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Bluffs and Footprints...JPG
Footprints litter the sand like ghosts of...
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Bluffs and Footprints...JPG
Footprints in the sand - the ghosts of those...
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Bean Hollow Morning I...JPG
Cloudy and misty with calm seas, the rocky...
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Sky Ocean and Rocky C...JPG
Rocks, some pock marked with tafoni, at Bean...
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Black Oystercatcher w...JPG
A Black oystercatcher stands on rocks facing...
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Brown Pelicans in Fli...JPG
A squadron of Brown Pelicans, one of their...
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Message in Sand with ...JPG
Discovered in the sand one Sunday morning, a...
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Message in Sand IMG_0...JPG
A message in the sand, "I watched the sun set,"...
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Precious Cargo IMG_00...JPG
Suspended in midair on a zipline stretched from...
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Lighthouse and Sunbur...JPG
Pigeon Point Lighthouse on the California coast...
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Pigeon Point Lens Tra...JPG
High atop Pigeon Point Lighthouse workmen...
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Hanging Between Light...JPG
Sections of the Fresnel lens from atop Pigeon...
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Precious Cargo IMG_01...JPG
Sections of the Pigeon Point Fresnel lens are...
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Pigeon Point Docents ...JPG
Volunteer docents Nancy Frost and Rob Johnson...
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Workmen and Lens Sect...JPG
Two workmen, part of a specialized team, take...
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Fishing at Bean Hollo...JPG
A group cast their lines on a rocky outcrop at...
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Lagoon Cloud Reflecti...JPG
Clouds are reflected in the lagoon at Pomponio...
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A Bit of Green IMG_91...JPG
A small bit of green pokes through the sand,...
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Beach Table IMG_9554-...JPG
An empty picnic table with a view of a public...
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Picnic Table and Fire...JPG
A rustic picnic table and barbecue with a view...
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Three Floating Pelica...JPG
Three Brown pelicans floating in the lagoon...
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Moonlit Lighthouse ve...JPG
The moon shines down on the Pigeon Point...
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Eared Grebe IMG_4345.JPG
An Eared grebe and its reflection float in the...
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Moonlit Lightouse Hor...JPG
The moon shines down on the Pigeon Point...
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Black-tailed Deer B&W...JPG
A black-tailed deer pauses while feeding at Ano...
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Black-tailed Deer IMG...JPG
A black-tailed deer pauses while feeding at Ano...
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Egret Reflection IMG_...JPG
A Snowy egret, foraging for food, appears to be...
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Snowy Egret IMG_9412-...JPG
A Snowy egret, foraging for its breakfast at...
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Fog and Mist at the B...JPG
Morning fog not yet burned off hovers over the...
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View from the Beach I...JPG
A piece of wood washed up on Pescadero State...
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Waves Abstract One IM...JPG
Camera techniques have been used to help convey...
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Waves Abstract Two IM...JPG
Camera techniques have been used to help convey...
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Fence and Coastal Ter...JPG
Day breaks at the trailhead of the South...
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Coastal Trail IMG_896...JPG
The South Whitehouse Creek Trail at...
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Coastal Terrace Prair...JPG
A panoramic image of the coastal terrace...
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Thistle in Tall Grass...JPG
A bull thistle is surrounded by tall grasses at...
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Ghost Ship IMG_1975.JPG
The California State Parks website sheds light...
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Brown Pelican over Sp...JPG
A Brown pelican flies over the glistening,...
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Three Months Later - ...JPG
Gulls continue the process, nature's...
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Three Months Later IM...JPG
A blue whale carcass, three months after it was...
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Castle Crags B&W IMG_...JPG
Castle Crags slashes a ragged line on the...
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Wish I Could Fly Too ...JPG
A gull in flight against a verdant background...
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Whimbrels Stepping Th...JPG
Whimbrels at Pomonio State Beach wander through...
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Snowy Plover - Into t...JPG
This banded snowy plover treks into the wind at...
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Snowy Plover Fluff - ...JPG
A snowy plover has just found a new spot to...
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Snowy Plover Fluffs -...JPG
A snowy plover has just found a new spot to...
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Snowy Plover Fluff - ...JPG
All done - a snowy plover has setteled into a...
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Snowy Plover Watching...JPG
Only the size of a sparrow, the western snow...
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Snowy Plovers and Dri...JPG
Three western snowy plovers on the beach at...
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Snowy Plover on Beach...JPG
Two Western snowy plovers on the beach at...
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Snowy Plover - Center...JPG
A Western snowy plover on the beach at Pigeon...
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Snowy Plover - Right ...JPG
A Western snowy plover on the beach at Pigeon...
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Snowy Plover - Left S...JPG
A Western snowy plover on the beach at Pigeon...
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Tafoni-8 IMG_5551.JPG
Tafoni etched sandstone at Bean Hollow State...
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Tafoni-7 IMG_5547.JPG
A wave crashes into and over the rocks off...
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Tafoni-6 IMG_5534.JPG
Tafoni caves etched in the bluff at Bean Hollow...
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Tafoni-5 IMG_5533-Edi...JPG
Along a bluff at Bean Hollow State Beach, tiny...
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Tafoni-4 IMG_5528.JPG
Lichen, yellow, blue, green and orange, accent...
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Tafoni-3 IMG_5527.JPG
Lichen, yellow, blue, green and orange, accent...
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Tafoni-2 IMG_5510.JPG
Exposed layers and tafoni formations at Bean...
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Tafoni-1 IMG_5507.JPG
For some, naturally occurring tafoni formations...
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Gull with Night Sky (...jpg
In Photoshop, the background behind a Western...
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A Red-tailed hawk sits on a power line pole at...
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Lighthouse IMG_2345-2.jpg
Under clear blue skies and a bright blazing sun...
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Leucistic Black Oyste...jpg
A leucistic (pale, though not albino) Black...
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Sanderlings IMG_2313-...jpg
Sanderlings typical behavior, race away from...
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Artist IMG_5068-2.jpg
Most come to the coast to look at the ocean....
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Tafoni-IMG_2814-19.tif
Tafoni: holes, caves, etched in the sandstone...
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Lighthouse Grass CRW_...tif
Wind whips grass in the foreground at Pigeon...
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Pigeon Point LH IMG_3...tif
With purple and yellow flowers in the...