Argent-bleu

Silver-blue

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Click to enlarge - note the parasailer just above the tip of Albany Point, left center of the image. Unedited in any way.

Le brouillard derrière le pont

The fog behind the bridge

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On a fine summer afternoon, San Francisco's "air conditioner" is poised behind the Golden Gate Bridge to cool things off should the temperature on the other side of the bridge get too high!

Calme (II)

Quietness (II)

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Calme

Quietness

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Solitude

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A lone sailboat traverses the Baywest of Albany Point as night begins to fall.

Venez et aller

Coming and going

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An outbound cargo ship heads toward the Golden Gate as an incoming ship approaches both the bridge and the bay on a misty summer early evening.

Crépuscule

Twilight

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Clair et calme (II)

Clear and calm (II)

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One of the Larkspur ferries (which run between Larkspur in Marin County and San Francisco) heads back to Marin as a ship is about to come under the Golden Gate Bridge on this clear and calm day. A bank of fog is building behind the bridge, but for now, all is clear and calm.

La lune au-dessus le pont

The moon over the bridge

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Clair et calme

Clear and calm

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Although a fog banks hangs off the western edge of The City on the Pacific Coast, The City and the Bay are clear and calm this fine day.

Zeppelin

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Eureka, the first Zeppelin to fly in the U.S. since the Hindenburg crashed and burned in the late 1930s, is housed in the old U.S. Navy airship facility at Moffett Field on the San Francisco peninsula. Here, captured on camera by «Louis» on his balcony, Eureka flies over Alcatraz Island.

03:45 du matin

03:45 in the morning

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Brouillard bleu

Blue fog

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La lune au-dessus la ville

The moon over The City

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Bateaux à voiles tôt le soir

Sailboats early in the evening

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Briller

Shining

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San Francisco shines as the day begins to transform to night.

Jour de la Bastille à Café-Saint-Honoré

Bastille Day at Café-Saint-Honoré

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«Louis la Vache's» Café-Saint-Honoré had a Bastille Day celebration featuring live French music, dancing and a marvelous Gâteau-Saint-Honoré made for the café by local Pâtissier Brian. The café was packed and a everyone had a fine time. Many thanks to Jerry for assembling the musicians, getting the music and bringing this fête to fruition!

Mood Indigo

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Alcatraz se cachant dans le brouillard

Alcatraz hiding in the fog

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Click to enlarge and note the lights on Alcatraz, the island itself obscured by the fog. (Left center; use the tree on Albany Point as a reference point.) Hiding in the fog behind Alcatraz is the Golden Gate Bridge.

Lumière réfléchie

Reflected light

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The lights of The City reflect off the blanket of fog hanging overhead. Note the towers of the suspension section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Peach sky, grey fog

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They've hidden Marin County!

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A blanket of fog rolls over and obscures Marin County and Angel Island, working its way toward le balcon Chez la Vache...

Navigation par le brouillard

Sailing through the fog

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Sailboats on either end of Albany Point navigate through the evening fog.

La lune au-dessus Albany Point

The moon over Albany Point

Clic sur l'image pour l'agrandirDrat! Even with the tripod, «Louis» still gets camera shake. Must be dem big ol' hooves....

La ville à côté de la baie

The City by the Bay

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Fondu

Molten

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Point Isabel

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Icarus

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More parasailers than «Louis» can remember seeing at one time float above Albany Point in the afternoon mists.

Liberté

Liberty

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Ici à Paris is the model for the flame for the torch of the Statue of Liberty. It is located on Avenue New York at Pont d'Alma. Just as we Américains should not take our liberty for granted, we should not forget the Statue of Liberty is a gift from France.

«Louis» took this photo when he lived in Paris. It was raining that night, and the raindrops refracted the light in the shot.

See also:
A Short Course on How France Helped the Americans Win Their Revolution

Model of the Statue of Liberty in Paris

Gustav Eiffel

La lune au-dessus Point Isabel

The moon over Point Isabel

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Sailing through the mists (II)

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Sailing through the mists (I)

Zoom!

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A power boat zooms past Albany Point heading who-knows-where across the bay.