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San Diego California Hotel Del Coronado
Sunday, March 07, 2010
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Hotel Del Coronado
Location: Coronado San Diego California
The Hotel Del reflected in the intertidal sand flats of Coronado beach.
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| | Was in the area so decided to make a quick run by the Hotel Del the other day. The exposed tidal flats provided the opportunity to snap this frame with the Del reflected in the mirrored surface. I like the painterly feel it created.
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The Fading Dream of the Salton Sea
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Abandoned Crane Detail Bombay Beach Salton Sea
Location: Bombay Beach Imp. County California
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| | Bombay Beach Salton Sea California
When first walking up to this long abandoned crane, it struck me what a perfect metaphor it represents. Many people came to the Salton Sea with big dreams and sometimes even bigger budgets. But given time the failed environment that is the Salton Sea has claimed them all. For a short time the manmade sea was in fact a near paradise. More people visited here than went to Yosemite each year.
By the late seventies flood irrigation in the Imperial Valley was at its peak. Huge amounts of fertilizer and pesticide laden farm runoff flowed directly back into the landlocked sea. Given the rising waters the crane was likely brought in, used as a dragline dredge in an attempt to open an ever-longer channel into the shallows and keep the local marina in business. Ultimately the crane along with the marina succumbed and were abandoned where they failed, to be engulfed by the rising sea.
Today sprinklers have long since replaced flood irrigation and the dwindling critical liquid resource of the Colorado River is legislated and divvied up, then pumped to farms and ever-increasing urban centers of the southwest. The landlocked sea still remains but is receding, the salts and pollutants it contains becoming ever more concentrated. The crane once again sits exposed under the desert sun, a whimsical sculpture in a fading dream.
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California Sea Lion
Sunday, February 07, 2010
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California Sea Lion - Breaking Wave - La Jolla
Species: Zalophus californianus
Location: La Jolla San Diego California
Sea Lions haul out to sun themselves after a winter storm.
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| | These California Sea Lions were enjoying a break from a series of southern California winter storms. Its always impressive to watch them negotiate huge surf while crossing treacherous rocky reefs all for the opportunity to haul out and bask in the sun. After making the rock there was still much jockeying and loud posturing for the prime sunning real estate.
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La Jolla Big Wave Surfing
Friday, January 29, 2010
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Surfer / Surfing - La Jolla Cove
Location: La Jolla Cove San Diego California
Early season storms can bring huge waves to southern California. (Not Model Released)
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| | This past Saturday the weather had just cleared after a week of intense storms and rain. Decided to head down to La Jolla Cove and checkout the surf. Parked in one of the last remaining spots and looked out to see the next set rolling in. A clean stack of five or six evenly spaced big waves. Pulled out my gear, setup and made a last check of camera settings. Within no more than a couple minutes, the next set appeared in the distance. It was very apparent that the third wave in the sequence was going to be bigger than the rest.
One surfer seemed to realize it and made a move further outside, leaving the rest of the lineup behind. As the wave began to break it continued to build, becoming a solid wall that filled my viewfinder. Positioned perfectly, the surfer paddled in and stood up just as the wave crested. He dropped in, almost free falling down the top of the crest, then pulled it together and went left carving down the huge face. I panned and fired not sure if the composition had been right. Spent several more hours there but never saw another ride like it that day.
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