Sunday, March 25, 2007

Northern California

Golden Gate Bridge South Tower










Financial District, San Francisco. View is rotated and low-angle. The Transamerica Pyramid can be seen in the upper middle of the image.





Giants Ballpark, San Francisco. Big hitters can reach McCovey cove







Salt Evaporation Ponds, South San Francisco Bay






Angel Island, San Francisco Bay









Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County. The San Andreas Fault cuts through this image (can you find it?)









Annotated image (fault location approximate)





Vineyards near the Napa Valley











Waves entering Crescent City Harbor. A tsunami struck here in 1964 (from an Alaskan earthquake) and took 10 lives.





Areas clear-cut for lumber












.......more clearcuts












......and still more clearcuts










Circular irrigation, Butte Valley











Yuba Goldfields; 8 miles of outwash from Gold-Rush era hydraulic mining.






Pelican Bay State Prison












Powerlines crossing a field










Cal-Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe











Agricultural fields, Sacramento Valley









New home construction, Tracy



Shasta Dam












Sutter Buttes, near Marysville











Top-down view of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park. The shadow of Half Dome is projected toward the valley floor.



Switchback trail up to the top of Yosemite Falls










Thousand Island and Garnet Lakes, Ansel Adams Wilderness