The view from a mountain bike ride through a grove of manzanitas so thick it forms a tunnel on Trail 63 in Fort Ord National Monument.
Cormorants gather in Moss Landing. Photographed with an iPhone 15.
Sea lettuce blankets Marina State Beach while gulls and shorebirds pick through the beach wrack. Photographed with an iPhone 15 Pro.
Sea lions gather on the south jetty at Moss Landing. Photographed with an iPhone 15.
Sailboats cruise on the Monterey Bay. Photographed with an Olympus OM-1.
Nope, your plastic does not just magically go away. In this instance, a sea otter in Elkhorn Slough tries to eat a plastic bottle.
A great horned owl takes a perch at Locke-Paddon Park in Marina. Photographed with a Canon Rebel T6.
Clear skies on July 16 reveal the Milky Way shining over Bixby Bridge.
A view of the setting sun looking west from Cannery Row. Photographed with an iPhone 17.