California State Parks (438 images)
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Clouds, Sea and Sand-...JPG
Brisk breezes limited the number of those...
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Carpet of Yellow-IMG_...JPG
A carpet of yellow and green with dabs of...
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On a blustry afternoon, a Brown pelican...
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Flags at the California State Capitol flying at...
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Things you can't do at the California State...
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Prohibited at the Cap...JPG
Things you can't do at the California State...
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California State Capi...JPG
In addition to being the state's seat of...
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A couple strolls on the beach below the bluffs...
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High Tide Remnants_MG...JPG
Long after high tide has receded, large pieces...
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From just the right angle, an alligator is...
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A beach visitor's shadow on a sandstone...
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Black Turnstones and ...JPG
Four Black turnstones and two Surfbirds in...
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Their coloring and markings help these...
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Waves Roll In To Pebb...JPG
The view from the tafoni formation outcrop at...
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Waves crashing into Bean Hollow State Beach...
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Waves Like Green Glas...JPG
The water glows green under a curling wave at...
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A wave crashes against the rocky shore and...
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Waves and Rocky Coast...JPG
The rocky, tafoni-dimpled shore stretching...
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A curling wave heads toward the rocks at Bean...
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A curling wave heads toward the rocks at Bean...
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A wave slams into the rocky shore and sends...
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Clear Blue Skies at P...JPG
The bluffs at Pomponio Beach face clear blue...
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Clear Blue Skies at P...JPG
The bluffs at Pomponio Beach face clear blue...
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Sand Sky Bluffs and W...JPG
A contoured sandy beach leads to bluffs and a...
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A collection of Whimbrels and Surfbirds...
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Whimbrels find breakfast on a California beach...
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Four Whimbrels on a beach with foam,...
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A group of surfbirds is a "board " of...
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Bean Hollow Sunrise I...JPG
Golden morning light on sand and waves at Bean...
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The Purple Slipper_MG...JPG
What's the story? Ocean, beach and on a rock...
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California Seapink Re...JPG
Armeria maritima, also known as California...
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Lighthouse in Fog - V...JPG
Fog hovers over the top of the Pigeon Point...
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Lighthouse in Fog - H...JPG
Fog nearly hides the top of the Pigeon Point...
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Lighthouse in Fog - V...JPG
Fog nearly hides the top of the Pigeon Point...
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An unidentified visitor to Pomponio State Beach...
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A lone visitor to Pomponio State Beach surveys...
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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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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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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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As if crouching behind trees on the horizon,...
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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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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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A wave washes over and scrubs an outcrop of...
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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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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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A message in the sand, "I watched the sun set,"...
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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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Sections of the Fresnel lens from atop Pigeon...
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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 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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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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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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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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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...
