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Recent California Snaps

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Latitude: 32° 55' 30.02" N, Longitude: 117° 15' 35.12" W, Coord: 32.925008°, -117.25976°
Filed under: California, Photo of the Day on 1/5/2006

A few recent images. Click on any one to see others that are related.

Beach cliffs at Torrey Pines State Reserve:

Sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #14725, all rights reserved worldwide.
Sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA.
Image: 14725  
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA
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Broken Hill at Torrey Pines State Reserve:

Broken Hill with the Pacific Ocean in the distance. Broken Hill is an ancient, compacted sand dune that was uplifted to its present location and is now eroding., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #14762, all rights reserved worldwide.
Broken Hill with the Pacific Ocean in the distance. Broken Hill is an ancient, compacted sand dune that was uplifted to its present location and is now eroding. Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA.
Image: 14762  
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA
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UCSD Central Library:

UCSD Library glows at sunset (Geisel Library, UCSD Central Library)., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #14783, all rights reserved worldwide.
UCSD Library glows at sunset (Geisel Library, UCSD Central Library). University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Image: 14783  
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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Big Sur Coastline:

Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #14904, all rights reserved worldwide.
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur. Big Sur, California, USA.
Image: 14904  
Location: Big Sur, California, USA
 

Pacific Grove Coastline:

Waves breaking over rocks appear as a foggy mist in this time exposure. Pacific Grove., Copyright Phillip Colla, image #14908, all rights reserved worldwide.
Waves breaking over rocks appear as a foggy mist in this time exposure. Pacific Grove. Lovers Point, Pacific Grove, California, USA.
Image: 14908  
Location: Lovers Point, Pacific Grove, California, USA
 

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Mackerel:

Pacific mackerel. Long exposure shows motion as blur. Mackerel are some of the fastest fishes in the ocean, with smooth streamlined torpedo-shaped bodies, they can swim hundreds of miles in a year., Scomber japonicus, Copyright Phillip Colla, image #14926, all rights reserved worldwide.
Pacific mackerel. Long exposure shows motion as blur. Mackerel are some of the fastest fishes in the ocean, with smooth streamlined torpedo-shaped bodies, they can swim hundreds of miles in a year.
Image: 14926  
Species: Scomber japonicus
 

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Anemone:

Fish-eating anemone., Urticina piscivora, Copyright Phillip Colla, image #14940, all rights reserved worldwide.
Fish-eating anemone.
Image: 14940  
Species: Urticina piscivora
 

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