Pacifica Riptide

Leo Leon: Pacifica Sunrise & Storm Clouds

Top two: sunrise over the bay, looking east from Skyline. Bottom two: sunrise over the ocean, looking west from Skyline. (Leo Leon photos)

Leo Leon: Pacifica, THE Sunset District

Leo Leon photos

Leo Leon: Pacifica Winter Sunsets

Leo Leon photos

Leo Leon: Warm Storm in Dynamic Coastal Zone

Leo Leon photos

Leo Leon: Pacifica Nocturne

Photographer Leo Leon has been taking moonlight shots around town. He says Pacifica is beautiful around the clock, especially at night (top to bottom: Rockaway Beach, Pacifica from above, Sharp Park Fishing Pier).

Leo Leon: All Around Pacifica

Beach Boulevard, Sunset Storm Clouds
Mori Point, View from the TopRockaway Beach, The Bench View Storm Warning Sunset @ Pedro Rock Beach Boulevard: Grandma Knows Best Derelict Storm Drain: Clothes Hanger Full Moon @ The Dunes Sky Travelers @ Mussel Rock

Foghead: Where Is This Coastal Landmark?

Photo by Joe Carmichael

Lake Tahoe Snowcaps

Tobin's Folly: Mussel Rocks Tunnel

Photo by Joe Carmichael

Thanks to Ian Butler for identifying this coastside landmark at Mussel Rocks as Tobin's Folly

The View

Looking northwest from the bluffs at the end of Palmetto Avenue, Pacifica (photo by Joe Carmichael)

Pacifica Version of a White Christmas

Photo by Joe Carmichael

Global Warming: Rare Snowfall in Scandinavia

Swedish train with light snow on the ground, an increasingly rare sight in Europe as climate change keeps most precipitation in the form of warm rain. (Photo by Lennart Lundgren, Copenhagen)

Soda Springs & Sugar Bowl, Sierra Nevada

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Pacifica Through a Glass Darkly

HDR tone-mapped photos by Bob Pilgrim (from top to bottom): Old Rockaway business district with the quarry in the background, Linda Mar Beach with Pedro Point Headlands in the distance, Rockaway Beach with the quarry in the background, riparian pond at Mori Point, Sea Bowl.

Mount Rose Meadow, Sierra Nevada

Dordogne Delights

Sunrise in Dordogne
Montfort
Garden bounty
Dordogne Valley
Alliac fishermen
Luzech
Beynac
Montfort moonrise

Photos by John Elk

Very Very Veyrignac

Domme Marquessac Beynac Castelnaud St. Eulalie d'Oit La Roque Gageac Donkey in a tree Petanque (jeu de boule) Gaggle of geese

Photos by John Elk

King Fire Darkens Sky Over Lake Tahoe

King Fire near Placerville seen from Lake Tahoe. Photo by Carol.

Arson Suspect Arrested

Sierra Surprise, Early Fall 2014

Top: Off Highway 267 between Truckee and Kings Beach. Middle: Truckee Meadows. Bottom: Mount Rose.

Photos by Baldy