Two equestrians trotting down the beach at Morro Bay
Afternoon light in Yosemite Valley
Victorian houses at Alamo Square in San Francisco
Peacock posing in Fremont, California
A surfer watches the waves under pier in Huntington Beach
Exploring the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
The Veterans Cemetery in Igo California and the resting place of a Medal of Honor Recipient
Golden Gate Bridge cables on a beautiful day
Sunset at the Venice Beach skate park
Across from the Santa Monica Beach, traffic scurries to and fro on a busy night
Sea star on the shore of Rockaway Beach, Pacifica
A group of sea lions gathers while diving near the coast of Santa Barbara Island
Children frolic as the sun begins to set on California's Santa Monica Pier
A barrel racer competes in a rodeo in Red Bluff, California
Rodeo Beach, Marin County, California
Elephant Seals sunning themselves along the beach on the Pacific Coast Highway
Taken on California Highway 1 with the Rocky Creek Bridge in the distance.
Death Valley National Park
A street of San Francisco full of light and hills
Raygun Gothic Rocketship at Pier 14, San Francisco
Girl feeds a few seagulls at the Coronado Hotel in San Diego
Pier in Pismo Beach, California
Long exposure on the coast of northern California
Stunning fall colors arrived a bit late in Napa Valley
Griffith Park Observatory with sunset over Los Angeles
Mt. Whitney and Lone Pine Peak framed by Mobius Arch
Desert flower blooms in the Mojave Desert
Sharks swimming at Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Tourist taking in city view of Los Angeles
Storm cloud over downtown Los Angeles
Vineyard near Paso Robles
Plane takes off from the L.A. airport
Fly on orange lichen that grows on the lighthouse in Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
Cowboy rounds up horses at a ranch above Petaluma
John Lennon's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Taken in Haight-Ashbury a district of San Francisco
Graffiti as art in Venice, California
The curved lines of the Getty Museum
This photo was taken at El Capitan state beach
This is a shot of Downtown Los Angeles
Crissy Field is one of the golden Gate National Recreation Areas
Cholla Cactus field just after sunrise in Joshua Tree National Park
The ferris wheel at the California State Fair
Late afternoon light in the ghost town of Bodie
A Black Oak tree overlooks dormant vines in Sonoma County
This image was taken at a star party in Big Bear California
Sunset on the back roads in California.
Huntington beach at sunset
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Morro BayThis is a photo of two equestrians trotting down the beach at Morro Bay, California, at sunset.(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photograph by Howard Ignatius, My Shot

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June 10, 2011
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Photograph by Mike O'Hara, National Geographic Your Shot

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