Today we had a once in a lifetime event in San Francisco: the Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747, made a low attitude fly-by through the Bay Area on its way to retirement in Los Angeles. I was on top of Hawk Hill in the […]
There is not that much to say… An other beautiful sunset here in San Francisco. Under a big sky, Twin Peaks is covered in a thick layer of fog through which the Sutro Tower antennas stick out.
I was doing some work on my computer when I glanced through the windows. There were some nice sunset colors in the sky. So I went outside to enjoy the show. When I turned my head eastwards, I was stunned: a huge double rainbow was up there. A quickly grabbed my camera to shoot some […]
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. Some impressions from the second quarter finals and two amazing fleet races. Fleet races are spectacular because all eleven boats compete at the same time. The boats are fast and a gust of wind can cause a lot of damage.
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. Here are some images of todays two amazing fleet races. It is impressive to have eleven boats on the same short course right next to the shore.
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. Practice racing brought a lot of action, two boats even capsized. If the wind stays strong, the competition will be very interesting to watch.
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. Today was the first day of America’s Cup World Series races in San Francisco. Six teams competed to win the last three spots for the match races quarter finals. Both Luna Rossa teams and Ben Ainslie’s BAR team won their respective series and […]
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. With all the wind we have lately and the America’s Cup World Series in town, there is a lot of action going on in the bay. Here are some snapshots from last week.
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. I was on my way back to the America’s Cup base at pier 30-32 when I stopped at the Marina Greens to take a picture of France’s Energy Team’s boat that was berthing there. I am still a bit puzzled that they left their […]
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. America’s Cup AC World Series is staring next week in San Francisco. Workers are busy setting up the Marina Greens to host all visitors and spectators. At the same time, teams are already training in the bay. I went out to take some […]
What would be San Francisco without its Golden Gate Bridge? A glimpse of this icon is visible from many different corners of the city. A big party happened last weekend to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the bridge. Some of the festivities will continue until the end of the year. See goldengatebridge75.org/celebrate for additional information. Since I love both fireworks and […]
These pictures were taken one day before the real full moon. This allowed me to capture the moon a bit higher in the sky when the sky was not completely dark. Coincidently, the moon’s orbit was almost closest to earth (perigee) which makes the moon appear bigger and brighter. This picture shows the strength of the moon light. […]
The last few days we had beautiful sunsets here in San Francisco. I hoped for the same thing tonight, but the sky over downtown wasn’t that exciting. Still, I enjoyed being outside and I got to play with my new camera (Nikon D800). I have to get used to the changed position of some buttons […]
San Francisco and fog are almost synonyms, at least during summer. Spring and fall are the sunny seasons with little fog. We just had some gorgeous spring days and then the fogged rolled in again. Having some fog in the picture is always better than having just a clear blue sky. So I ventured out […]
One of so many iconic postcard scenes in San Francisco: the view from Alamo Square with the colorful Victorians in the foreground and the skyscrapers of the financial district in the background.
