Alcatraz and San Francisco Bay, Morning Light

Posted on 22 March 2009

Early mornng sun breaks through clouds over San Francisco Bay and illuminates the water to silhouette Alcatraz Island.

This weekend I visited Muir Woods again. I was on the road early enough to arrive at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge by dawn. Even if I am headed somewhere else, I almost always stop at the north end to see what sort of light is shining on the City and the bay – and this morning low clouds from an incoming weather system were sweeping across the bay as sunlight broke through intermittently to light the water on the bay. Before heading on to Muir Woods I made a series of photographs of this light, including this one of Alcatraz.

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1 comment to Alcatraz and San Francisco Bay, Morning Light

G Dan Mitchell Photography » A Bit of Irony About Today’s Photo says:

March 22, 2009 at 8:46 pm

[...] photograph (the earlier one of Alcatraz in lovely morning light) was made at the tremendously popular parking lot, I mean viewpoint at the north end of the Golden [...]