Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)'s photos with the keyword: Bay Area

A history of the filling in of the San Francisco bay -- tidal flats filled in and used (now) for housing and mineral extraction.

Southern portion of San Francisco Bay, with an abandoned railroad bridge on the left, then the intake pier (WPA built) from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, and then on the far right, the Dumbarton bridge for CA-84. From the ground, here’s the Dumbarton bridge: Dumbarton Bridge SF Bay (0437) Here’s the rail bridge: Dumbarton Rail Bridge SF Bay (0432) And here’s the aqueduct: SF Bay Hetch Hetchy aqueduct (0443)

Along the Coastal Range between San Jose and Fremont; I believe this is the Sunol Regional Wilderness where I used to regularly hike.

UC Lick Observatory on Mt Hamilton, with San Jose in the distance. Here's the Lick Observatory from close-up: Mt Hamilton Lick Observatory (0552)