Bean Hollow State Beach (141 images)
Bean Hollow State Beach, between Pescadero and Pigeon Point Light Station, includes rugged coastline pockmarked by tafoni formations, waves that can inspire, pelicans that 'surf' those waves, harbor seals escaping the waves and much more.
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Powerful waves crash into the rocky shoreline...
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Earth, sky and sea meet at Bean Hollow State...
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There is a bench, The Bench, at Bean Hollow...
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One of the occasional waves crashing into rocks...
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A carpet of thick green and red ice plant...
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Two juvenile Harbor Seals on the rocks just...
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Two Harbor Seals on the rocks just offshore at...
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A Harbor seal lies resting, stretched out on...
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A Harbor seal pup rests, unconcerned, less than...
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A Harbor seal pup is surprised by an incoming...
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The handrail of a wooden footbridge along the...
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A slice of the path along the bluff at Bean...
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A bench, perched on a bluff with an expansive...
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Although skies were mostly clear, the waves...
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Although skies were mostly clear, the waves...
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A pool carved out of the tafoni riddled...
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A pool carved out of the tafoni riddled...
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A squadron of Brown pelicans fly over the...
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Under an overcast sky, the dirt trail above the...
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A single stalk of coast buckwheat with the...
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Spray flies from a wave crashing onto the rocky...
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A young woman uses her phone to take a picture...
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Stoic rocks. Still, motionless, unchanging....
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The lush and varied green foliage along the...
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White petals with touches of lavender and...
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The yellow flowers of Lizard Tail and the round...
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A squadron (their collective noun) of pelicans...
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Waves crashing onto the rocks at Bean Hollow...
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Waves crashing onto the rocks at Bean Hollow...
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Unidentified purple wildflowers along the...
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A brilliant purple Douglas Iris flower with a...
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Clouds, remnants of Hurricane Blanca, sculpt...
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Two photographs of waves flowing onto rocks at...
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A Great blue heron and its reflection among the...
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Two images of waves flowing onto rocks at Bean...
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Waves flowing onto rocks at Bean Hollow State...
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Waves flowing onto rocks at Bean Hollow State...
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A young woman, Kacie, standing under a blue,...
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Depending on your imagination, you may or may...
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Kacie stands on a rocky outcrop and gazes out...
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A Snowy egret and a dozen other smaller shore...
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The rocks off shore at Bean Hollow State Beach...
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A squadron of Brown pelican flies over rocks...
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A footpath with rocky shore and ocean to the...
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The Pacific Ocean draws the horizon in the...
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A wave crashes into the rocky Pacific coast at...
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In a blur of mostion, a wave rushes into an...
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The Pacific coast, gouged by tafoni formations...
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Armeria maritima, also known as California...
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A wave slams into rocks at California's Bean...
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The pockmarked landscape at Bean Hollow State...
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A wide ocean view from a rocky beach with...
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Panoramic-cropped image of a sunrise sky with...
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As if crouching behind trees on the horizon,...
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A jet's contrail slices through sunrise-painted...
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Incoming waves wash the sands and scrub the...
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Waves roll onto the beach while morning light...
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Waves roll onto the beach while morning light...
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Rocks, some pock marked with tafoni, at Bean...
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Cloudy and misty with calm seas, the rocky...
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Heron and Eel in Flig...JPG
A great blue heron flies off with an eel, soon...
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Prowling the rocks at Bean Hollow State Beach,...
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Prowling the rocks at Bean Hollow State Beach,...
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Prowling the rocks at Bean Hollow State Beach,...
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A great blue heron is reflected in the water at...
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A group cast their lines on a rocky outcrop at...
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A rustic picnic table and barbecue with a view...
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An empty picnic table with a view of a public...
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A Brewer's blackbid stands on a picnic table...
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Unidentified plants with white leaves create a...
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An out-of-place plastic jug of orange juice...
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A path winds along the bluffs at Bean Hollow...
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Harbor seals have hauled out and are resting,...
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A harbor seal checks its surroundings after a...
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A harbor seal lies on the rocks off of Bean...
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An adult harbor seal confronts a juvenile,...
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An adult harbor seal growls, bares its teeth...
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An overcast sky, a crashing wave and the tafoni...
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A shorebird thought to be a Black Turnstone...
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Water flows back to the sea along a mossy path...
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A near-magical landscape is created by a mildly...
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As a group, brown pelicans can be called a...
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Orange patches of lichen add color to the...
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As if warning away a potential predator, this...
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A lined shore crab, also known as striped shore...
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A lined shore crab, also known as striped shore...
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A lined shore crab, also known as striped shore...
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A yellow flower, likely either a redsepal...
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An incoming wave crashes into the rocks and...
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One of the innumerable personalities of the...
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A path meanders along the bluff at Bean Hollow...
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A harbor seal pup is keeping close to its...
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A pair of harbor seals lie basking on the...
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One of two harbor seals warming themselves on...
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A harbor seal balances on that portion of rock...
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At least a couple dozen harbor seals were...
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Two harbor seals warming themselves on rocks at...
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A harbor seal climbs out of the water and onto...
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A harbor seal floats along the surface at Bean...
