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An Amtrak train charges across a gray landscape in Moss Landing. Photographed with a Sony RX10IV, 180mm.
If you feel a solid dose of bitter-sweet NYC humor is in order, you can come spend an evening with Fran Lebowitz at Carmel’s Sunset Center on Jan 19.
Everyone’s waiting in line these days, including these birds at Asilomar State Beach. Photographed with a Sony a7ii, 50mm lens, f/1.8.
The sunsets, like this one seen from Seal Rock Beach in Pebble Beach, have been hot pink and epic recently. Photographed with an iPhone 12.
The golden hour glow spotlights big waves crashing against the rocks off Ocean View Boulevard in Pacific Grove.
A fogbow arches over the Monterey Bay. Photographed with an iPhone 12 ProMax.
A Great Blue Heron was taking a rest in Jewel Park in Pacific Grove—until the photographer got a bit too close. Photographed with a Canon 80D, 100mm lens, F250mm.
“DEER ONLY”—no humans allowed at this wildlife entrance to the Pacific Grove monarch butterfly sanctuary. Photographed with a Nikon Z5, ISO 500, 43 mm, f 5.6, 1/80 sec.
The central advice of Diet for a Small Planet is that we switch to a plant-based diet, populated by veggies, grains and legumes, like those shown in this colorful array.
Natural drama—the sunlight casts a theatrical beam on the renovations happening at Carmel’s Golden Bough Playhouse. Photographed with an iPhone 12.
Focused like any good fisherman, an egret stalks the coastline at Asilomar State Beach. Photographed with an iPhone XS.
Kicking off 2022 with a colorful sunrise over the harbor in Monterey.
A misty morning hike on Jacks Peak. Photographed with an iPhone 8+.
A delicate bundle of Mycena purpureofusca, or purple edge bonnets, growing from a pine cone in the Lynn “Rip” Van Winkle open space in Pacific Grove. Photographed with an iPhone XR.
Low tide reveals the many colors and textures and life forms that are normally underwater at Ribera Beach during the Jan. 2 King Tide. Photographed with an iPhone SE.
Taking in the drama of Pico Blanco, from the golden staircase atop East Molera. Photographed with an iPhone X.
A festive holiday dinner table. Look closely to spot the special local (and recyclable!) tablecloth. Photographed with an iPhone 13 pro.
A toast to the final hours of 2021. Photographed with an iPhone X.
A new lending library spotted at Carmel Beach. Photographed with an iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Monarchs on monarchs on monarchs. Now is a great time to go see the overwintering monarch butterflies in Pacific Grove. Nearly 12,000 butterflies have been counted as of mid-December. Photographed with a Nikon D6, 400mm, f2.8, 1/400.
