September 02, 2011

330 steps down to Mile Rock Beach


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photo by Donald Kinney

This orange and white caisson beyond Land's End in San Francisco is Mie Rocks Lighthouse. A victim of modernization, this seemingly humble but striking structure was one of the great engineering feats of earlier days.



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It was quite a morning. Birds flew. Waves crashed. The sky was gray.



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I found several of these balanced rock structures--I call them ducks...



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And one big huge duck made from a pile of stones. No shortage of stones at Mile Rock Beach.



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1 comment:

Tomate Farcie said...

oh wow, the first shot is amazing!

 
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