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An aerial photo taken taken between San Francisco and Los Angeles


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Another aerial photo taken taken between San Francisco and Los Angeles


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Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary


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Aquatic Park, San Francisco.


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Anti-war protesters being arrested, San Francisco, 2003-03-21


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The Sanyo blimp hovering near my apartment in San Francisco.


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The Blue Angels in formation


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The California Street line cable car No. 59, San Francisco


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A detail from the AMC 1000 Van Ness theatre, formerly a Cadillac showroom


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Cable car tracks of the California Street line, San Francisco


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A section of the Tokyo subway map, including Hanzomon station where I used to live.


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Detail from Christ Church college, Oxford.


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Christ Church college entrance and meadow, Oxford.


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Courtyard of Christ Church college, Oxford.


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Coit Tower, San Francisco, as seen from Lombard Street


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Crystal Springs reservoir, near Palo Alto


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The lobby at the Fairmont hotel, San Francisco.


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New Federal Building and Bernal Heights seen from Nob Hill, San Francisco.


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A shop on Fillmore street, San Francisco


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Folly Bridge on the Isis (Thames), Oxford.


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Gare du Nord, Paris.


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Golden Gate bridge seen from Hawk Hill, Marin Headlands.


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Golden Gate bridge and Marin Headlands from San Francisco.


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Fort Mason and Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco.


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Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco


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The Golden Gate bridge, seen from Battery Orlando Wagner in Marin Headlands


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The Golden Gate bridge, seen from Battery Spencer in Marin Headlands


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Chocolate macaroons from J-P. Hévin in Paris.


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The HP-15C, king of scientific calculators.


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Panoramic view of a very cluttered dot-com office...


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Susan Komen breast cancer awareness foundation march volunteers camping in Crissy Field, San Francisco


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View of the Golden Gate and Lincoln Park from El Camino del Mar, San Francisco


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Peristyle on Leidseplein, Amsterdam, with the latin inscription "Homo Sapiens non Urinat in Ventum" (the wise man does not piss against the wind)


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Detail from the Library of Congress, Washington DC.


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Panoramic view of the Louvre courtyard, Paris


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Interior view of the Louvre Museum, Paris


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An Indian bride's hand, with henna (mehndi) applied


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Paris Métro map, featuring the Latin Quarter.


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"La Merveille", inner cloister of the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France


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Temple in Nikko, Japan.


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Detail from the Olympic Club building, San Francisco.


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A peacock's feathers


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The same peacock


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Rotorua lake and the Polynesian Spa, Rotorua, New Zealand


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Cherry blossoms in the Imperial Palace, Tokyo.


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Storm clouds illuminated by sunset, San Bruno


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Dowtown San Francisco seen from the air.


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180 degree panorama of downtown San Francisco from the Grand Hyatt on Union Square


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Downtown San Francisco seen from Alamo Square.


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Golden Gate and Aquatic park seen from Pacific Heights.


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St. Pancras International, London, on 2007-11-14, first day of Eurostar service.


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Saint Andrew's Hill, London, near Saint Paul's.


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Detail from Stanford University.


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Stanley Park, Vancouver.


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Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, seen from the Millennium Bridge.


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The Thames, seen from Tower Bridge.


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Panoramic view of the San Francisco skyline from Treasure Island


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Twilight view of downtown San Francisco from Twin Peaks.


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Night view of downtown San Francisco from Twin Peaks.


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Panoramic view of San Francisco from near Twin Peaks


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Mortarboard hats at a USC Law School graduation ceremony


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Vancouver skyline seen from the North Vancouver SeaBus terminal.


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Vancouver skyline seen from the Empire Landmark hotel.


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Vancouver night skyline seen from the Empire Landmark hotel.


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Vancouver night skyline seen from the North Vancouver SeaBus terminal.


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The Château, Versailles


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Stormy sea wave from Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.


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Fisherman's Wharf, Aquatic Park and Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco


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Composite satellite photo, with cloud cover removed (source: NASA)


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Composite satellite photo, showing night illumination (source: NASA)



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  1. Doug in SF says

    These are very nice. Leidseplein (“Homo Sapiens non Urinat in Ventum”) is my favorite.

  2. majid says

    Unfortunately, it is a fairly poor quality image taken with my first digicam, a Fuji MX700 with a whopping 1.5 megapixels and 16MB SmartMedia cards.

  3. Doug in SF says

    That’s OK, Fazal; I realize that the point of these is the photo, and I like some of them (blimp, chikatetsu, sf_alamo, towerbridge) very much. I also like the way they reflect the content of your posts. The one I singled out, however, was for the inscription.

  4. majid says

    You’d be surprised how few photos “work” in a 1280×100 aspect ratio, even ultra-wide panoramics.



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