Images of Sonoma County



North of Marin is Sonoma County, with places like Armstrong Redwoods.

Parson Jones Tree

The tallest tree int he reserve, 310 feet tall.
Fern

Some of the ferns in the undergrowth. Redwood forests tend to be dark and damp.
Open Sky

Some open sky looking up from the Burbank Circle.
Burbank Circle

The sides of the Burbank Circle. This is an open circle of redwoods about 30 feet in diameter. When redwoods die, they often have a circle of heirs around their former circumference, but no coastal redwood was ever this big.
Red Wood

The wood of a redwood is, well, red.
Colonel Armstrong Tree

The oldest three; a mere 1400 years old, and 308 feet tall.
Hmmm

That name looks vaguely familiar.
Colonel Armstrong Tree

The full tree, or as much as one can get in a photograph.
The Undergrowth

Some of the undergrowth in the forest.
Looking Up

Looking up the side of a tree.
Sea Stacks on the Sonoma Coast

Along the Sonoma coast there was a section between the Russian River and Bodega Bay with a lot of sea stacks.
Cormorant

A cormorant on the Pacific Ocean.
More Sea Stacks

More of the sea stacks.
Action of the Waves

A section of the coast where I watched the waves.
Bodega Bay

The view across the bay.




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