Tennessee Beach Sunset
This is a long (four minute) exposure, as you can tell by the trails the stars make and the way the surf has turned “solid.” With the shutter open for four minutes I could catch the last light of the sunset. Indeed, the photograph reveals more colors than I could see standing there. Who would guess this was almost total night?
And where was I standing? Here’s a bit of the story.





May 25th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
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May 25th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
[...] nessee Valley. Beyond the lake, you can see the outline of the ocean and Tennessee Beach. (This photo shows Tennessee Beach, with this small lake on the mid-right.) Above the lake, you can see [...]
September 20th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
[...] Mark’s truck near the Pelican Inn behind Muir Beach and drove in my car over to the Tennessee Beach trailhead parking lot. There was a stiff wind blowing, with some roiling clouds to the [...]
September 26th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
[...] View this image larger. Walking along the Marin Headlands cliffs between Rodeo Beach and Tennessee Beach, I was struck by the brightness of the breaking waves in the sunset light against the d [...]
September 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
[...] The surf was crashing on the shore. Round the rugged coastline, I saw the keyhole above Tennessee Beach lit by the sun and pelicans in flight. I exposed for the cliffs and pelicans in the s [...]
September 1st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
[...] the cliff to the platform on the southern end of the beach using my headlamp. Here’s the view from my destination with some daylight, and a fisheye daylight view from the [...]