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The Best of California (Non-San Francisco)

See also panoramas from the San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco and Death Valley.

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Cowboys move cattle before Carrizo flowers

Real life cowboys get ready to move a herd in front of the mutli-coloured hills of the Temblor range in Carrizo Plain National Monument during the super flower bloom of 2017. The hills are an amazing array of yellow, gold, blue/purple and red/orange flowers, plus the rare green of wet-winter grasses.

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Napa Valley at Oakville

The Napa Valley, centered on Oakville, after a rare thunderstorm has blown through. The wine train can be seen on its tracks.

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Aptos beach at sunset

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Bixby Bridge along Big Sur Coast

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"East Jesus" community of Slab City

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Salvation Mountain near Slab City

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Flowers in Temescal valley

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The "Glory Hole" of Lake Berryessa

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El Capitain at night, Yosemite NP

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Mt Shasta from road to Castle Lake

Mount Shasta and Black Butte, from the road up to Castle Lake, July 4, 1999. Taken with Pentax P&S, so some problems with vignetting. Shasta usually has more snow. This was a lighter year.

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McWay Falls pours into the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur

Waterfall into the Pacific on Big Sur Coast

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Burney Falls, dubbed the 8th wonder of the world (along with many other things) in the morning, time-exposure to blur running water.

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Burney Falls, long exopsure

Burney from the railing. (This photo is available as a jigsaw puzzle from Ravensberger.)

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Burney falls from cliff wall

Burney from the wall of the cliff. Note girl preparing to jump into pool to get sense of scale.

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Hazy sunset at Tunnel View, Yosemite NP

The famous Yosemite "Tunnel View" and sunset. It's a hazy fall day. A better version of this is in the works.

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Lundy Lake

Lundy Lake on the Mammoth side of the sierras.

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Mosquito Lake

Mosquito Lake on the Mammoth side of the sierras.

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Mono Lake Tufas 360

The tufas on mono lake, in a 360 degree view. The tufas grow in the alkalai lake as gas bubbles up from underneath.

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Circle within Mono Lake Tufas

Another view inside the Tufas

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Coloured hills of Carrizo Plains NM

A super high-res shot of the multicoloured hill.

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Long panorama of Soda Lake Carrizo Plains NM

A high-res panorama of Soda Lake and the Temblor hills behind it speckled with beds of flowers. At sunset, the haze diminishes the blues and reds but you can see the extent of the flower coverage.

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Down Elkhorn, Carrizo Plains NM

In the middle of Carrizo Plain, a field of yellow with starker hills.

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Soda lake flowers, Carrizo

A 360 degree photo between two ponds of Soda Lake, showing giant fields of yellow hill daisy and the amazing hills covered in the same, with some reds and blues.

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Sundial Bridge, Redding

The new Sundial bridge over the Sacramento River in Redding. Taken the day it was opened to the public.

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Point Reyes Lighthouse

A 360 from above the Pt. Reyes lighthouse on a rare fog-free day.

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Bodie at Sunset

The sierra ghost town of Bodie, a very popular target for photographers. Shot just at sunset as the sun snuck through otherwise overcast clouds for a great view of sunny hills and cloudy skies.

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Sunset on Half Dome, Yosemite NP

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Thin stripe with climbers ascending El Capitan, Yosemite

A vertical strip of El Capitain. Find the climbers on it by zooming in.

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El Capitain, Yosemite

Full shot of El Capitan

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Super-detail view from Glacier Point, Yosemite

A panorama from Glacier Point above Yosemite Valley.

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Yosemite Fire on Glacier Point Road

The scene of a forest fire on the road up to Glacier Point in Yosemite.

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Mt. Shasta Fun Run

The Mt. Shasta July 4 fun-run crosses I-5. It's not really easy to shoot a pano with a crowd of moving people so this one is full of blend errors, but it is interesting.

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Bristlecone Pines in white mountains

Bristlecone pines high in the white mountains

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Looking down Twin Falls

Twin Falls, looking down, at Mammoth