80 NEURAL GIGS

This beach has a little river emptying into the sea – good to jump across. Until one's boots get wet!

2026-03-07 PIXELFED RELAY
A rocky strip in-focus between blurry waters. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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We're doing a naturalist certification that had a field trip close to the coast, and Stillwater Cove offered a random but really nice campsite afterward. Also tremendous: a restaurant around there called Jilly's.

2026-03-06 PIXELFED RELAY
Rocks stretch from a beach into the sea. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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Some little turkey-tail mushrooms. It feels as though I've been seeing them a bunch more this year, although I have no real reason to think that.

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Layered fungus with a green background. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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This weekend we went for a nice walk from the Presidio to Point Lobos, which somehow I'd never actually done before.

2026-03-03 PIXELFED RELAY
An orange bridge spans a gap between two land masses. [Ricoh GR III]
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The sun sets at Point Reyes, viewed a bit inland from Sculptured Beach.

2026-02-24 PIXELFED RELAY
The sun sets over a coastal landscape, with brushy grass in the foreground and the sea and a promontory behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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I love the striations in these rocks, and the way they jut out. I'd always been told it was a combination of "marine snow" layers building up over millions of years, and chert/mudstone weathering at differing rates – then the tilt comes through California's characteristic tectonic folding. I remain "very much not a geologist", but it's still neat to see.

2026-02-23 PIXELFED RELAY
Layered rocks above a tide pool. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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Loafy elephant seals at Pt. Reyes. The noises they make are so very silly; I encourage looking up a video if you've not heard them before.

2026-02-18 PIXELFED RELAY
Elephant seal pups sit on a beach with their moms. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]
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New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States

2026-02-13 PIKA'S PATH
Photo from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States

Mardi Claw

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