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Windmills of the Altamont

Fifty miles east of San Francisco, at the gateway to the Bay Area, lies a preview of our green future: the Altamont Pass Wind Farm. It's a strikingly contradictory scene; some find it to be an industrial imposition on an otherwise lovely landscape, while environmentalists have criticized its impacts on wildlife (although newer, larger windmills with slower-moving blades are said to be safer for birds). We love it: love what it represents, what it does, what it looks like. In this photo set, we explore the golden (in summer; in winter, the hills are green) triangle bounded by Livermore, Tracy and Byron.
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California Academy of Sciences

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Financial District from Russian Hill

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Golden Gate Bridge & City from Marin Headlands

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Sentinel Building

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Cable Cars

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Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach

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Transamerica Pyramid & BofA Building

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North Beach

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Chinatown

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City from Alamo Square

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Yerba Buena Gardens & Museum of Modern Art

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Union Square

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Rincon Park & Bay Bridge

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Mission District

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Lombard Street

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Haight-Ashbury Victorians

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Golden Gate Bridge & Palace of Fine Arts

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Ferry Building

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Historic Streetcars on the Embarcadero

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Telegraph Hill, Bay Bridge & Financial District

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Telegraph Hill & Bay Bridge

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San Francisco City Hall

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Bay Bridge & Waterfront

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Historic Streetcars at the Ferry Building

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Ferry Building

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Transamerica Pyramid & Pier 7

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Cable Cars on California Street

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Skyline & English Bay, Vancouver Wallpaper

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Skyline & English Bay, Vancouver

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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo

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Tokyo Sprawl from TMG Building, Tokyo

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Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto

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Skyline from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

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Skyline from East Coast Park, Singapore

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Octavia Boulevard Photos

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Octavia Boulevard

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T-Third Street

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Japan

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New York City

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