On another note, here’s a seagull I saw skimming along the waves on that walk.
#photo #ocean #gull #birds #nature #beach #seagull #flying
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On another note, here’s a seagull I saw skimming along the waves on that walk.
#photo #ocean #gull #birds #nature #beach #seagull #flying
Thinking back to the last “normal” weekend in southern California before it became clear that covid-19 was spreading locally & closures started.
After a busy Saturday & Sunday morning, I went out for a calming photo walk at the beach.
Not many people were there. I’m not sure if it was just not warm enough yet, or people were starting to keep their distance already, or if they were just all at the other end where there was a kite festival.
Tiny channels in the sand, where water was flowing back out to sea after each incoming wave.
I had to be somewhere near the coast this morning, so I figured I’d take 10 minutes to look for seagulls for #iNaturalist. I found a lot of them, but they were mostly hanging out on the beach, not flying around. Still, that’s plenty for observation purposes, and I did manage to catch this shot too!
Disinterested Seagull: “What, there’s a sunset behind me? Nah, can’t make me look!”
Last Sunday, after a hectic afternoon running errands through Christmas shopping crowds, I went out to the Manhattan Beach Pier to watch the waves and relax. This seagull seemed to have the “relax” part down already.
Photo taken at: Manhattan Beach Pier
Photo taken at: Hermosa Beach Pier
Finally checked out the Hermosa Beach pier last week and it turns it it’s closed for construction. #pier #beach #ocean #hermosabeach #California
Photo taken at: Manhattan Beach Pier
Looks like the storm left some puddles behind. #manhattanbeach #pier #ocean #beach
Manhattan Beach at Sunset on Flickr.
Manhattan Beach pier at sunset
Similar photo on Flickr, but without the runner in front.
Last Friday I went out to the beach to watch the sun set into the smoke layer from the Springs Fire and other wildfires burning near Los Angeles. More photos from this evening on Flickr.
The sun sets into the smoke plume from the wildfires burning near Los Angeles. In the first shot, the smell of smoke mingles with the more usual smell of jet fuel near LAX. In the rest, I’ve moved onto Dockweiler Beach nearby. See also the Flickr Photoset.
Manhattan Beach at Night on Flickr.
My first attempt to spot Comet Pan-Starrs on Monday evening didn’t work out, but I got to look back at the coast from the end of the pier, which was nice. You can see the Palos Verdes hills/peninsula in the background to the right.
Seaside at Sunset on Flickr.
Beach head at Seaside, Oregon, near the end of the Lewis and Clark Trail, just before sunset after a day of patchy rain.
Rocks away from the beach at Rockaway Beach on Flickr.
I don’t usually get out before sunrise, but on this particular morning in 2011 I was up to watch a lunar eclipse. I found myself out on the road running along the top of the cliffs near the beach, watching the eclipsed moon set through the haze above the ocean.
You can see the Redondo Beach power plant near the right, with the pier in front of it and King Harbor jutting out into the bay. Way off in the distance you can see the lights of Santa Monica and Malibu, with the Santa Monica mountains behind them.
Tonight’s sunset over Santa Monica Bay, seen from Dockweiler Beach in El Segundo. Full photoset at Flickr.
A photo I took last month at the Redondo Beach, um, beach.