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This is just a tiny piece of what happened in Crystal Beach, Texas during Hurricane Ike. Even though it has been many months since the storm came ashore, the destruction is still evident. In this shot alone, a pre-storm panorama would have included dozens of beach houses. The puddle of water just in front of the collapsed house WAS a road called Blue Water Drive, but the beach has encroached an additional 20 or so feet on that section of the penninsula. Google maps has good pre-storm imagery of the shooting location at http://tinyurl.com/bolivar-pano. On the map and facing north, the collapsed house is third from the right of the intersection of O'Neill Rd and Blue Water Dr.
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The idyllic Pulgas Water Temple marks the spot where the waters of the Sierra make their entrance to Crystal Springs Reservoir, the source of drinking water for San Francisco and Northern San Mateo county.
http://sfwater.org/mto_main.cfm/MC_ID/20/MSC_ID/177/MTO_ID/308 |
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Fern in the forest behind my parents house |
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This vista from highway 280 takes in Crystal Springs Reservoir from the south, and the famous Filoli gardens.
http://www.filoli.org/ |
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This is Crystal Springs Reservoir, the water source for San Francisco and northern San Mateo county. Most of this water comes from Hetch Hetchy near Yosemite in the Sierras. The beautiful valley chosen for this reservoir was formed by the San Andreas fault. As a matter of fact, the fault takes its name from a similar lake a couple miles to the north of Crystal Springs that is also part of the watershed. This photo was taken from the dam that holds all this water from flooding San Mateo. The dam was built in 1890 and had weathered many earthquakes in its history. |
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Crystal Pier
Pacific Beach San Diego, California October 28, 2008 (Canon G9) |
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The idyllic Pulgas Water Temple marks the spot where the waters of the Sierra make their entrance to Crystal Springs Reservoir, the source of drinking water for San Francisco and Northern San Mateo county.
http://sfwater.org/mto_main.cfm/MC_ID/20/MSC_ID/177/MTO_ID/308 |
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The idyllic Pulgas Water Temple marks the spot where the waters of the Sierra make their entrance to Crystal Springs Reservoir, the source of drinking water for San Francisco and Northern San Mateo county.
http://sfwater.org/mto_main.cfm/MC_ID/20/MSC_ID/177/MTO_ID/308 |
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Crystal Pier timber deck
Pacific Beach San Diego, California (Canon G9) |
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A black and white study of a fern in Crystal River, Florida |