Before the salt in evaporating sea water turns white, it goes through stages of color that range from jade green to brick red, with variations of orange, yellow and other colors. From above the salt ponds around San Francisco Bay look like giant panes of stained glass. The shot above is from my latest set, shot on approach to SFO last week.
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November 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm
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November 12, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Jonathan Peterson
Cool.
I noticed those while looking at google satellite images and wondered what they were.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=San+Francisco,+California&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.495626,68.642578&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FVJmQAIdKAe0-A&split=0&hq=&hnear=San+Francisco,+California&ll=37.499853,-122.189426&spn=0.045759,0.067034&t=h&z=14
November 12, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Clay
Wow. Fantastic. Thanks for that.
November 12, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Shawn Powers
Thanks Doc. Last time I flew into San Francisco, I asked lots of locals what those were, and no one knew. Not knowing made my brain hurt.