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WhatIsToBeSeen
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things I've seen while walking and looking
original photos, taken with a phone camera
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View from bench on West Ridge Trail, Redwood Regional Park, Oakland CA
evergreens in the foreground with a few of hills toward the east in shades of gray, almost like an atmospheric perspective painting blend into the sky as they meet the horizon
March 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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postcard reminder
A postcard with a quote from Henry David Theroux, Walden. It reads “what is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, no matter how well selected, or the best society, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking at what is to be seen?“
March 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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bridges across bay to San Francisco
early evening sunset heavy on the pinks and blues with city and bridge lights below framed by post and beam roofline and gutters with rain chain
March 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Scrub Jay
Big Sur
A scrub blue jay perched on a black iron railing above a brown wood bench, looking out toward the horizon view of the blue Pacific Ocean over just the tops of a few dark green pine trees. There is a low white fog bank fairly far offshore and the day is sunny and the sky above the fog clear blue without clouds
January 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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bookend egrets
Oakland Estuary
2 white egrets stand in shallow gray water facing opposite directions - in the background a grassy bank with dark green and gray eucalyptus trees and low neural colored buildings on Coast Guard Island in the Oakland Estuary
January 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Egret at beach - Santa Cruz Ca
A pristine white egret stands in profile, facing left, and is reflected in dark water in a lagoon by the beach, bordered by sand, bleached driftwood and dark green coastal shrubs
January 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Godwits on parade
Santa Cruz
Four godwits walk along the shoreline just past the surfline . Foggy morning light makes the sea and sand appear a gunmetal color with white foam, and the birds and their shadows in black
January 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Wild bighorn sheep,
Anza Borrego SP
two bighorn sheep blend into the landscape except for where their distinctive horned silhouette contrasts against the brilliant clear bleppy sky. The two stand in profile facing right on two levels of sandy colored rocky terrain near a palm oasis in the desert
January 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Corvid on fence post
Santa Cruz CA
A black corvid crouches on top of a wooden post with a chain wrapped around it, in front of the peeling bark of several eucalyptus trees
January 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Full moon over Marin
A full moon hangs over Marin in the early morning, viewed from across the Bay. The morning light is pink so the moon appears to be a light yellow in a pink sky. The sun flickers and reflects gold on building windows. the base of the hills that meets the water is purple, the bay a silvery blue. The densely built cities of Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland lie on the flats in the foreground up to the dark green trees closest to the camera.
January 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Bay fog creeping over the hills - Sibley Regional Park, Oakland Ca
fingers of bay fog drape and encroach over a green ridge of solid trees and wild grasses and brush, viewed from across a valley. the sky is bright cloudless blue
January 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Eucalyptus, morning fog - Oakland Ca
mossy colored silhouette of a stand of eucalyptus on a grassy hill obscured by fog on a roadside in the hills
January 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Trees & fog
Oakland CA
Monterey Pines and a California Bay Laurel in canyon off trail, on a foggy morning
January 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Trees & morning fog
Oakland Hills CA
Dark green treetops emerge on ridges in the hills thru dissipating morning fog. Morning light in the fog is faintly pink above the trees and the sky above is a pale cloudless blue
January 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Moonrise, Sierras
a monochromatic photo with the black shapes of tall evergreen trees in the foreground against a lighter grey cloudy sky and a bright white full moon top right
January 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Daytime moon over mountain lake, Lake Tahoe
a full moon is visible thru smoky pinkish and grey clouds above a mountain in the Sierras. below a dense line of evergreens line the pale blue and silvery lake and at right aspen and evergreen branches feather toward the lake
January 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Sunrise over Lake Tahoe
morning sun breaks thru clouds hanging low over the south eastern mountains rimming Lake Tahoe. The lines of piers extend out into the lake bottom and right and a pine bough extends in silhouette upper left. The lake surface is calm and glassy and reflects perfectly the blue of the sky, the darker grays of the mountains and clouds and the liquid gold blaze of the sun,
January 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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San Francisco with fog coming in at sunset
A view from the Oakland Hills across the SF Bay - past the silhouette of trees we see the bay shrouded in soft slightly purple fog with only the lights of the Bay Bridge and the taller buildings in the city of San Francisco visible above us. The pink evening light facing west makes the fog appear light purple, and above it is a band of pink transitioning to orange which then fades to a soft yellow in the rest of the sky above
January 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Metra train station, Chicago loop
modern Train station with five tracks viewed from under a red girdered station awning - a blue Metra train with red strips and white graphics waits on the far right track. the others are empty. At the end of each track is a large rectangular black framed screen with red and bright blue lights probably displaying times of arrivals or departures or destinations the symmetrical view of the roof structures over the respective tracks seems to form a point of perspective leading to the Chicago skyscrapers seen in the background. The buildings are fainter from distance. The station shelters and tracks provide a very horizontal contrast to the vertical of Chicago’s tall skyline
January 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Chicago airport runway sunset
just after the rain
dramatic purple, pink, silver, and gold layers of clouds over a silvery runway reflecting the just ended rain. with the silhouette of an air control tower and trees in the background. There are raindrops on the plane window thru which this is seen
January 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Glassy shore, 26 Ave beach Santa Cruz
a photo of the pacific with light surf, the horizon, pale blue sky and glassy sand as the water from the last breaker recedes, the sea and water seem to reflect the sky with brushstroke like clouds
January 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Santa Cruz street sign
a back view of a post with three street signs attached covered with assorted skate and surf related stickers, handbills for local bands, and other random sticky art. In the background a street with palm trees on the distance. If you were dropped here from outer space you would know you have to be in Santa Cruz
January 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Bolts of vinyl coated tablecloth fabrics, Fabric store on Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz
A fabric store window displays bolts of brightly colored vinyl coated fabrics for tablecloths on horizontal metal rods. Vivid patterns of fruits such as bright red cherries on a turquoise background, or oranges on a royal blue ground, peaches, a classic red and white check, yellow sunflowers, roses on a pink grid and other floral designs all draw the eye
January 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Godwits landing, Santa Cruz
Two marbled godwits, brown shorebirds with long thin beaks, shown in profile mid-landing in tandem as the surf recedes on a sunny day. The ocean is blue reflecting the sky which has a few streaky clouds,
January 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Pt Isabel - possibly the most beautiful dog park anywhere. Richmond CA
View of a rocky and winter grass covered curved shoreline with still water reflecting the blue sky above like a mirror. Pt Isabel in Richmond CA on the east side of the San Francisco Bay
January 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM