Año Nuevo (46 images)
Año Nuevo State Park is well known for its colony of northern elephant seals, but there is more. For example, the park includes coastal terrace prairie, "the eighth rarest ecosystem in the United States," according to the park's signs.
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The path is green though its edges are lined...
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The rugged shoreline along the northern part of...
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A brief of palicans along with two or three...
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Coastal pines stand along the Atkinson Bluff...
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The Atkinson Bluff Trail covered in green with...
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A male elephant seal sleeping on the beach...
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A pair of coastal pines stand watch atop the...
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An elephant seal has hauled out and sleeps on...
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A Brown pelican, on New Year's Day 2019, coming...
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Under a blue and white sky, the dirt path of...
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Coastal pines stand watch over a coast buffeted...
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With the horizon shrouded in fog, a small stand...
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The two halves of a blue and ivory colored...
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Under a blue and white sky, the dirt path of...
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Under a blue and white sky, the dirt path of...
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Path to the Beach-IMG...jpg
Steps lead down to the rocky beach along the...
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A small stand of Coastal Pines rises above the...
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Sentinels on the Coas...JPG
On a cloudy morning just after sunrise, two...
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Sentinels on the Coas...JPG
Two trees stand tall on the edge of a Coastal...
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Sentinels on the Coas...JPG
On a cloudy morning just after sunrise, two...
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Sentinels on the Coas...JPG
Two trees stand tall on the edge of a Coastal...
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A ground level view of a coastal pine grasping...
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A south to north, 180 degree, pano of a...
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A south to north, 180 degree, pano of a...
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A sun burst gleams from the rocky shoreline...
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A hole in wreckage from the steam schooner...
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A black-tailed deer pauses while feeding at Ano...
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A black-tailed deer pauses while feeding at Ano...
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Fence and Coastal Ter...JPG
Day breaks at the trailhead of the South...
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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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A bull thistle is surrounded by tall grasses at...
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Coastal pines stand over the winter-dormant...
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Coastal Terrace Prarie, like this at Ano Nuevo...
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Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
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Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
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Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
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Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
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Moon and Coastal Pine...jpg
Pines tower over the grasses of the coastal...
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Trees and Surf at Ano...jpg
The sparce vegetation and roiling surf serve as...
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Coastal Terrace Prari...jpg
Winter brings green grasses but bare shrubs to...
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A droplet from the early morning's rain dangles...
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Coastal Winter Landsc...jpg
Trees stand tall on the coastal terrace prairie...
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A raindrop dangles from a field mustard flower,...
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A raindrop from an early morning shower dangles...
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A tree, sans leaves, along a trail in Ano Nuevo...