san francisco
Taken on a gorgeous early January evening from a position just across the Great Highway from Golden Gate Park.
Taken by a camera lofted by a helium balloon.
Jul 30, 2012
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MAGICAL PRAIA BANANA
Watching Príncipe from the air is like preparing to enter an ancient world: extinct volcanoes, lush forest and desert forest-lined beaches. This one is the wonderful Praia Banana (Banana beach) on the northern coast of the island
Príncipe is the northern of the two major islands of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa, on Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of 136 km² and a population of approximately 6,000. The island is a heavily eroded volcano over three million years old covered with luxuriant tropical jungle. Príncipe rises in the south to 948 metres at Pico de Príncipe, in a thickly forested area wich is believed to be the last virgin primary rain forest of Africa. The north and centre of the Island were formerly plantations, formed under Portuguese Empire. These concentrated initially on producing sugar and later on cocoa, becoming the world's greatest cocoa producer. Since independence (1975) these plantations have since largely reverted to forest. Roça (plantation) Sundy, here in Príncipe, was the site where colonialists Einstein's Theory of Relativity was experimentally proved successful by Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington and his team during the total solar eclipse of May 29, 191
Príncipe is the northern of the two major islands of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa, on Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of 136 km² and a population of approximately 6,000. The island is a heavily eroded volcano over three million years old covered with luxuriant tropical jungle. Príncipe rises in the south to 948 metres at Pico de Príncipe, in a thickly forested area wich is believed to be the last virgin primary rain forest of Africa. The north and centre of the Island were formerly plantations, formed under Portuguese Empire. These concentrated initially on producing sugar and later on cocoa, becoming the world's greatest cocoa producer. Since independence (1975) these plantations have since largely reverted to forest. Roça (plantation) Sundy, here in Príncipe, was the site where colonialists Einstein's Theory of Relativity was experimentally proved successful by Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington and his team during the total solar eclipse of May 29, 191
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Sanderling Island and Sandpiper Spit
This is a very peaceful and beautiful neighborhood on San Francisco Bay in Point Richmond, California. San Francisco can be seen in the upper right.
Just out of the frame to the left, it becomes very industrial with a variety of Port of Richmond activities including shipyards, petroleum depots, metal recyclers, sheet rock manufacturing, etc.
Taken by a camera lofted by a kite.
Just out of the frame to the left, it becomes very industrial with a variety of Port of Richmond activities including shipyards, petroleum depots, metal recyclers, sheet rock manufacturing, etc.
Taken by a camera lofted by a kite.
Jul 14, 2012
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