Southern California, views from David's camera
The pictures on this page were all taken during the 1970s, while I was a graduate student at UCSD.
Teddy-bear cholla.
Ocotillo in bloom, at left
(pink flowers are barely visible at the ends of the stems).
Joshua trees.
Torrey Pines State Park.
LaJolla Cove.
Me, with Peterson bird guide and binoculars at Los Peñasquitos Lagoon.
We lived not far from the coast. Here is Prof. Ted Bullock introducing
students to tide-pool creatures near Scripps Pier.
Me with an octopus, during Prof. Bullock's tide-pool tutorial.
Amidst the stony chaparral near the UCSD campus I sketched wildflowers,
watched Eleodes beetles stalking across earth, discovered trapdoor spider tunnels
under the shrubs, and coaxed ostracods and tardigrades from dessicated moss.
(By now this landscape has been almost entirely obliterated by development.)
In far blue haze is Black Mountain, a prominent hill also visible in the image below.In both this and the image above, Mount Palomar extends across the horizon in
the very faint distance, about 65 miles away. There a friend and I once camped
after bicyclng from coastal chaparral to evergreen forest on the mountaintop.
Interstate 805, passing east of the UCSD campus.
Somewhere along the California coast, much farther north.
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Last updated: 25 February 2024 / dgk
