Are the Farallon's a secret alien space port?

Or is it Fata Morgana?!

The view out the back window today made it feel like we are in a sci-fi movie for sure!

Fata Morgana is just a fun old term for mirages that occur on the horizon of the ocean. They create ghost / flying / floating ships and islands. Or in this case an alien space port that someone is trying to keep secret -;]

 

Waking up grumpy!

I would probably be grumpy too if woke up to someone taking a picture of me.

Late Night Traffic Enforcement Officer

Spotted on a 1am walk along Great Highway. I have been walking the Great Highway path at dawn, sunset and late at night on clear fairly bright moon lit nights in hopes of seeing a barn owl in our neighborhood and I finally spotted one last night!

Sun?

I look a quick look at the sun this morning and saw the big sunspot so grabbed the camera and took some pictures.

This 2nd picture is the actual orientation it was in from our perspective.
 

And...

Done.

Hooting at the moon!

I can't believe how lucky I got at the end of my walk last night.

I was on my way home almost an hour after sunset when I heard some hooting ahead of me on the path. As I got closer I spotted the great horned owl on a branch right over the path and right in front of the moon.

To catch the hooting with the moon was more than I could have hoped for. Though I wish I had managed to get better shots and video but it was dark and super hard to try and get the moon and the owl exposed together with less than a minute before it flew off.
 

OB 2026-01-13 @ Noriega

More pictures from last weeks swell.

Lots of big hacks...

...barrels...

...and split peaks had!

I love the arms down steez in this last image -:]

I only managed to catch a few of the amazing rides I saw last week but still have few more shots still to go through.