salt and light

salt for the sea and light for those sweet sunbeams                                                            all photos by nicole sarto

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Luminosity in Barcelona’s Parc de la Cituadella

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Point Lobos, shrouded in mist

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Monarch Grove Butterfly Sanctuary in Pacific Grove. The butterflies stop here between October and February to breed before continuing on their long migration. They hang in clusters from eucalyptus branches to maintain body temperature.

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Lush forest vibes at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

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Palomarin Trail hike to Alamere Falls in Point Reyes, CA

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a huge pod of humpbacks, sea lions, and a friendly mola mola say hello during a whale watching expedition in monterey bay

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Exploring "the split" behind the Lazy Lizard

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Evening beach walk and dinner in Caye Caulker, Belize

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The moonlit shades of evening in San Pedro, Belize

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Xunantunich ("Stone Woman") located at the Belize-Guatemala border

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A windy day on the Bay at the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Funston.

(also, I've lived in the Bay Area for 5 years, and this is my first picture of the Bridge.)

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Highlights from 17-mile drive -- pensive seagulls, intrepid squirrels, piles of sea lions, and a lone cypress.

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Lichens adorn the rocks and bark of Pinnacles National Park like splattered paint.

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Beauty amid the thorns in the Stanford Cactus Garden.

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Fungi found along Creeping Forest Trail in Big Basin Redwoods State Park

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The current residents of the SS Palo Alto have a few more feathers than their sailor predecessors.