Lone Desert Bighorn sheep keeps watch for the herd 

View up Borrego Palm Canyon 

 

Weird lenticular clouds 

Sunset with sun ray from above Ramona 

Biggest waves in 20 years! Trip to La Jolla

Pelican with Torrey Pines in background 

These surfers give the big waves some scale. Some kind of injury happened while we were there, not surprising. 

Light coming thru huge wave, from Scripps park in La Jolla. 

Wave with spindrift. Probably over 15 feet high. Some were up to 20 feet. 

Wave in front of the Cave, probably over 15 feet high 

Rare view of San Clemente Island

Taken from the viewpoint near the Self Realization Fellowship in Encinitas, CA 

Local color - the Self-Realization-Fellowship dome in Encinitas

With holiday lights 

More interesting clouds from Swaami's cliffs

 

Mix of light and dark clouds in different layers

Maybe interesting to David 

Lots of surfers out there

Looking south from the cliffs above Swaami's beach near sunset on 12/11/05. Surfing is a really popular sport in Encinitas. 

That burnished-gold look

Sunset from the cliffs above Swaami's beach - the high vantage point is great for this kind of shot. 

Birds with waves

 

Swaami's wave 5

You can see an almost fully imprisoned tube of air inside this wave... 

Swaami's wave 4

 

Swaami's wave 3

 

A pretty nice day at the beach

That hazy beach look. 

Swaami's wave 2

I was trying to get that green color when the sun comes through the wave, so I shot right into the sun and overexposed a lot... 

Swaami's Wave 1

 

Surfer at Swaami's in Encinitas

Taken today 12/11/05 at Swaami's beach in Encinitas. 

Bird at Swaami's beach

Taken on Sunday 12/11/05 at Swaami's beach in Encinitas, CA.