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| Redflower Gum (Corymbia ficifolia) |
I thought about photographing this tree when I saw it in bloom last week, but dense fog subdued the scene. I hoped for a better chance, and this morning I found it while the sun was poking through the fog and lighting up the bright red flowers. The matching car was a nice bonus.
Later on my walk through West Portal I saw other red-flowered eucalyptus trees in bloom, but the flowers were quite different. Those were crimson bottlebrush (Malaleuca citrina).
Things were very different at the beach today, with a strong wind charging out of the northwest. I boosted the power on my e-bike as I rode into it, then switched off the battery on the return trip, propelled by tail winds.
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| Sutro Rock gets pummeled by wind-driven swells, with Mt. Tamalpais in the distance and the Liberian-flagged crude oil tanker Aqualeader heading out from Benicia toward its next stop in Panama. |
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| Willet Gets A Sunbeam (I'd assumed this was another wandering tattler, but now I'm going with willet.) |
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| Pelicans Flying With The Wind |
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| Pelicans Flying Against The Wind |
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| This kiteboarder had the whole surf zone off Ocean Beach to himself. |
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