Montana De Oro, CA

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~Montaña de Oro State Park~

Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish) is a state park in California, United States. The park is located six miles southwest of Morro Bay and 2 miles south of Los Osos. The name "Mountain of Gold" comes from the golden wildflowers found in the park.

It has 8,000 acres of cliffs, sandy beaches, coastal plains, eroded rock formations streams, canyons, and hills, including the 1,347-foot Valencia Peak. The park has many hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails, as well as a campground located across from Spooner’s Cove, a popular beach. The Bluff Trail is an easy and popular trail along the scenic coast. Trails lead to the summits of Valencia Peak, Oats Peak, and Hazard Peak.

This park features rugged cliffs, secluded sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including 1,347-foot Valencia Peak.

Montaña de Oro State Park has dramatic ocean bluffs and summits with sweeping views. The park covers over 8,000 acres and has 7 miles of undeveloped coastline, making it a rare treasure on the California Coast. One road leads into the park, entering from the town of Los Osos to the north, which is just west of the city of San Luis Obispo. Visitors can stay overnight at a 50-site campground at the center of the park.

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#ValenciaPeak #OatsPeak #HazardPeak #SpoonersCove

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~Eroded Rock Formations Montaña de Oro State Park~

Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish) is a state park in California, United States. The park is located six miles southwest of Morro Bay and 2 miles south of Los Osos. The name "Mountain of Gold" comes from the golden wildflowers found in the park.

It has 8,000 acres (32 km²) of cliffs, sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including the 1,347-foot (411 m) Valencia Peak. The park has many hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails, as well as a campground located across from Spooner’s Cove, a popular beach. The Bluff Trail is an easy and popular trail along the scenic coast. Trails lead to the summits of Valencia Peak, Oats Peak, and Hazard Peak.

This park features rugged cliffs, secluded sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including 1,347-foot Valencia Peak.

Montaña de Oro State Park has dramatic ocean bluffs and summits with sweeping views. The park covers over 8,000 acres and has 7 miles of undeveloped coastline, making it a rare treasure on the California Coast. One road leads into the park, entering from the town of Los Osos to the north, which is just west of the city of San Luis Obispo. Visitors can stay overnight at a 50-site campground at the center of the park.

#RigsRocks #WestCoast #WestCoastLiving #Beach #Ocean #PacificOcean #MontañadeOroStatePark #StatePark #MontañadeOro #MountainofGold #SanLuisObispo #CentralCoast #RuggedCliffs #SecludedBeaches #SandyBeaches #CoastalPlains #Streams #Canyons #Hills

#ValenciaPeak #OatsPeak #HazardPeak #SpoonersCove

#LosOsos #MorroBay #RockyCoast

#2019Photos #Water #Ocean #Sun #Spring #Beach #Sand #Bikini #Girl #Boy #Man #Lady #Sand

~Montaña de Oro State Park~

Montaña de Oro AKA Mountain of Gold, the mountain is littered with these gold flowers everywhere. In the background 6 miles away, you can see Morro Rock. I placed a note on the photo where Morro Rock is at.

Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish) is a state park in California, United States. The park is located six miles southwest of Morro Bay and 2 miles south of Los Osos. The name "Mountain of Gold" comes from the golden wildflowers found in the park.

It has 8,000 acres (32 km²) of cliffs, sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including the 1,347-foot (411 m) Valencia Peak. The park has many hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails, as well as a campground located across from Spooner’s Cove, a popular beach. The Bluff Trail is an easy and popular trail along the scenic coast. Trails lead to the summits of Valencia Peak, Oats Peak, and Hazard Peak.

This park features rugged cliffs, secluded sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including 1,347-foot Valencia Peak.

Montaña de Oro State Park has dramatic ocean bluffs and summits with sweeping views. The park covers over 8,000 acres and has 7 miles of undeveloped coastline, making it a rare treasure on the California Coast. One road leads into the park, entering from the town of Los Osos to the north, which is just west of the city of San Luis Obispo. Visitors can stay overnight at a 50-site campground at the center of the park.

#RigsRocks #WestCoast #WestCoastLiving #Beach #Ocean #PacificOcean #MontañadeOroStatePark #StatePark #MontañadeOro #MountainofGold #SanLuisObispo #CentralCoast #RuggedCliffs #SecludedBeaches #SandyBeaches #CoastalPlains #Streams #Canyons #Hills

#ValenciaPeak #OatsPeak #HazardPeak #SpoonersCove

#LosOsos #MorroBay #RockyCoast

#2019Photos #Water #Ocean #Sun #Spring #Beach #Sand #Bikini #Girl #Boy #Man #Lady

~Montaña de Oro State Park~

Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish) is a state park in California, United States. The park is located six miles southwest of Morro Bay and 2 miles south of Los Osos. The name "Mountain of Gold" comes from the golden wildflowers found in the park.

It has 8,000 acres (32 km²) of cliffs, sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including the 1,347-foot (411 m) Valencia Peak. The park has many hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails, as well as a campground located across from Spooner’s Cove, a popular beach. The Bluff Trail is an easy and popular trail along the scenic coast. Trails lead to the summits of Valencia Peak, Oats Peak, and Hazard Peak.

This park features rugged cliffs, secluded sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including 1,347-foot Valencia Peak.

Montaña de Oro State Park has dramatic ocean bluffs and summits with sweeping views. The park covers over 8,000 acres and has 7 miles of undeveloped coastline, making it a rare treasure on the California Coast. One road leads into the park, entering from the town of Los Osos to the north, which is just west of the city of San Luis Obispo. Visitors can stay overnight at a 50-site campground at the center of the park.

#RigsRocks #WestCoast #WestCoastLiving #Beach #Ocean #PacificOcean #MontañadeOroStatePark #StatePark #MontañadeOro #MountainofGold #SanLuisObispo #CentralCoast #RuggedCliffs #SecludedBeaches #SandyBeaches #CoastalPlains #Streams #Canyons #Hills

#ValenciaPeak #OatsPeak #HazardPeak #SpoonersCove

#LosOsos #MorroBay #RockyCoast

#2019Photos #Water #Ocean #Sun #Spring #Beach #Sand #Bikini #Girl #Boy #Man #Lady

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The private hotel 's beach is one mile long; Silk carpet and crystal ramp for the staircase!!! Abu Dhabi Presidential Palace Hotel..--------------------------------------------------------------------------All my photographs are © Copyrighted and All Rights Reserved.

One final sunset on this eight day voyage down the Colorado River.

There is actually an annular eclipse of the sun at the time this photo was taken, but from this vantage point, I could not see more than a slightly flatter quality to the light. The sun as a ring of fire is probably visible a mile or two further downstream, but there was no way to hike to it in time from here. I'd never witnessed an annular eclipse before, and I can't say that I have now. Sigh. So close, and yet so far. All of the campsites on our trip were in the shade to keep us out of the heat. (I will do whatever I can to see the total eclipse through North America in 2017!!)

I did what I could with this beautiful little beach and the golden evening light. We actually slept out under the stars on beaches like this throughout the canyon. Such an incredible experience to look up in the pre-dawn hours and see the center of the galaxy overhead. (I don't have very good gear for night shots, but I attempted a few. I'll post them if any turn out OK.) In the morning, we took a quick raft trip to the helipad at mile 187.5 and were whisked back to civilization by helicopter. Quite an amazing way to exit the Grand Canyon!

Upper Mile 185

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Canon 50d

Tokina 11-16mm, 11mm

f/13, 30s, ISO 100

6 stop ND filter

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The place is called Spooner's Cove, and it's amazing.

Inside, the place manages to feel warm and peopled; Confronted with such vast expanses of lobby and hallway, the visitor's sense of scale quickly recalibrates, so that an enclosed area the size of a football field actually feels intimate; East to West wing is 1.3km, the Palace is in the centre; The central dome among 113 others is 60 meters high! Abu Dhabi Presidential Palace Hotel..--------------------------------------------------------------------------All my photographs are © Copyrighted and All Rights Reserved.

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Look for the raindrops

I held the camera over the side of the raft for this abstract water trail shot. A hint of the golden reflection from the cliffs above is just visible in the top left corner.

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

I stowed my main gear during the excursion through the rapids.

Canon PowerShot S100

FL 13.8mm

f8, 1/6s, ISO 80

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Photo taken in Montaña De Oro State Park near Los Osos, CA (USA).

Kendra nearly killed me when she saw me hanging off the cliff with my camera but it was worth the lecture.

On Black

Montana de Oro / Central Coast of Calif

***FULL VIEW IS A MUST***

A recent pic from the "mountain of gold" on a drab rainy evening. You can only shoot the same thing over and over again a couple thousand times before it gets old. So, I've been making the 45 min. drive to Montana de Oro pretty frequent.

Always impressive, here's a small bit of coastline in the southern regions, looking north. A 5 picture composite, panoramic- processed in Cs3.

---Stats---

Nikon D40

18mm

f/ 4.5

ISO 400

Cheapo Tripod / timer

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My niece took this picture in California.

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The weather changes all the time these days. One moment, the sun shines and the sky is mostly blue, the next it's pouring down.