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  • Waves crash against the rocky cliffs of Big Sur along the Central Coast of California.
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  • Polaris the north star hangs in the night sky as other stars swirl overhead during a long exposure taken at the base of the Shastina portion of Mt Shasta. Shasta County, CA
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  • Surfers and beachgoers alike are silhouetted by a setting sun at surfer's point in Ventura, CA
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  • The Lily Pond and El Prado Arcade are seen under a cool summer night sky in San Diego, CA. The lily pond lies adjacent to the Botanical Building, one of the largest lath structures in the world. The pond, one of the most photographed landmarks in San Diego, was created for the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 in San Diego's Balboa Park. Brought about with the aim of highlighting San Diego as the first U.S. port of call for ships traveling north after passing westward through the newly opened Panama Canal, the exposition occurred at the same time as the larger Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Nonetheless, the fair was widely regarded as a success, with over two million visitors by the end of 1915 and just under 1.7 million attendees in its second year (due to it's success, the fair was extended from its original one year duration). <br />
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As was customary of world's fair's of that era, the attractions and structures of the Panama-California exposition were constructed with cheap, temporary materials with the intention of being demolished once the fair had ended. However, Many notable visitors including Teddy Roosevelt advocated for the preservation of the immaculate structures. As a result, many of the fair's buildings and gardens were renovated or reconstructed with permanent building materials in order to ensure their enjoyment by future generations.
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  • Downtown San Diego from Harbor Island Drive. San Diego, CA
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  • The San Mateo County coastline is alight in color as the sun sets over the Pacific. As seen from bluffs just off of Highway 1, North of Pescadero.
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  • The San Francisco Bay area is seen at night from the Summit of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County. Fog blankets the majority of Sausalito, Marin City and Mill Valley below, as Oakland, Tiburon and the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge poke through the misty night.
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  • Rocky Creek Bridge on Highway 1 is seen in the distance from along the shores of Garrapata state beach in Big Sur.
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  • The lights of cars outline highway 1 along the Malibu shoreline, as seen from the top of point dude.
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  • The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco are seen just before dawn from Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands.
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  • The San Francisco Bay Bridge, Ferry Building an the embarcadero are seen from the tip of pier 14 in San Francisco, California.
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  • The San Francisco skyline is seen after sunset from Potrero Hill. San Francisco, CA.
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  • Taken on the eve of the Bridge's 75th Birthday, and the incredible celebrations that followed. The city lights of San Francisco and Sutro Tower can be seen in the distance.
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  • Aquatic Park is seen at blue hour, just after sundown from one of the pedestrian piers. The Transamerica pyramid is adorned with its winter light, and Coit tower glows orange for the San Francisco Giants. San Francisco, CA.
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  • Downtown San Francisco is seen in the early morning from the Upper Terrace area near Twin Peaks. Visible landmarks include Market Street, the Castro Theater, City Hall, the Transamerica Pyramid and the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
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  • Ocean beach is seen from Sutro Heights on a moonlit night in the outer sunset district of San Francisco, California.
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  • The San Francisco skyline is seen silhouetted by the setting sun. As seen from Treasure Island. San Francisco, California.
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  • The Sunset District, Golden Gate Park and Marin can be seen on the Horizon on a moonlit night from Grand View Park. San Francisco, California.
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  • The Botanical Gardens in Balboa Park is lit under the night sky of San Diego, CA. Created for the Panama-California International Expo from 1915-17.
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  • Downtown San Diego, the gaslamp quarter, and even the coronado bridge are seen from the top of the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
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  • Coronado Bridge. Coronado, CA
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  • The Bay Lights shimmer on the cables of the San Francisco Bay Bridge as the moon shines overhead a partly cloudy night sky. San Francisco, CA.
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  • The Alcazar Garden in Balboa Park is lit under the night sky of San Diego, CA. The garden is named after the gardens of Alcazar Castle in Seville, Spain, and is reconstructed to be identical to the1935 design by San Diego architect Richard Requa for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935-1936.
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  • Located in the Marina District adjacent to Crissy Field, the Palace of Fine Arts is the only remnant of the magnificent World’s Fair of 1915; The Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The World’s Fair was a crowning achievement for the city of San Francisco, whose citizens had succeeded in almost completely rebuilding their city not even 10 years after the great earthquake of 1906 that turned over 75 percent of the city to rubble and ash. <br />
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Built of cheap, temporary  materials for the sole purpose of the World’s Fair, the palace was spared demolition after the fair and was in partial ruin by the 1960’s. Conservation efforts succeeded in raising the necessary funds to partially demolish and rebuild the landmark to make it a permanent feature of the city skyline and culture.
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  • Coastal Trees of the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Moss Beach, CA
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  • Coastal flowers adorn the bluffs above Montara Beach, cast in a bluish hue after sundown. Montara. San Mateo County. CA
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  • Soquel Creek and the Capitola Venitian are seen at dusk from the balcony of Mr Toots Coffeehouse in Capitola, CA
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  • The Salton Sea is captured on a moonlit night.
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  • The arch is seen at dusk at natural bridges state beach in Santa Cruz, CA
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  • The Moss Landing harbor and power plant are seen on a moonlit night.
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  • Moonlit Night over Sausalito, CA.
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  • Interstate 280 cuts through the hills surrounding Crystal Springs Reservoir in San Mateo County as the sun begins to set overhead. As seen from a vista point off of I-280 South. San Mateo County, CA.
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  • Hundreds of windmills dot the landscape in the southern portion of the Anza-Borrego desert near Ocotillo, CA.
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  • Lick Observatory is seen on a moonlit night atop the summit of Mount Hamilton. from Mt. Hamilton road below. Diablo Range. Santa Clara County, CA.
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  • Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge shine at dusk. As seen from across Richardson Bay at the hippie tree.
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  • The milky way galaxy shines above the monolith at the tip of Panther Beach in Davenport, CA.
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  • Bixby Bridge is seen at sunset from Hurricane Point. Big Sur, CA
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  • A full moon shimmers on the waters of Crystal Springs reservoir as car lights illuminate interstate 280. San Mateo County, CA.
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  • Coastal fog enshrouds the fishing pier at Port Hueneme Beach. Seen in a long exposure panoramic image taken from the sand.
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  • Potato Harbor, located on the Island of Santa Cruz Island, part of the Channel Islands of California off the southern coast, is seen in this panoramic image taken from above along one of the trails leading to Scorpion Ranch and the ferry landing.
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  • Sunset over Port Hueneme State Beach and Pier. California.
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  • A harbor seal basks in a sliver of sunlight beneath the cliffs of Moss Cove at Point Lobos. Carmel, CA.
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  • Waves of the Pacific Ocean crash against the rocky shores of Headland Cove at Point Lobos. Carmel, CA. Point Lobos holds a special place in the history of photography. It's fog-enshrouded shores were a subject of photographers such as Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and Minor White.
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  • Kelp. Channel Islands, California.
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  • A long exposure elongates the waves that touch the shore beneath the pier at sunset on Port Hueneme Beach. The Channel Island of Anacapa can be seen in the distance.
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  • A long exposure elongates the waves bathed in the colors of sunset that touch the shore of Port Hueneme Beach.
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  • A long exposure elongates the waves that touch the shore of Port Hueneme Beach at sunset.
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  • Light trails from passing 18-wheelers are eclipsed by towering Douglas fir trees as stars swirl around Polaris, the North Star. Shasta County, CA. Mt. Shasta can just be made out in the corner of the image.
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  • A single car illuminates Highway 1 along the cliffs of Big Sur. As seen from Hurricane Point. California.
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