California
Aerial Photos include
California photographic views of beaches, airports,
mountains, golf courses and the
sites of California seen from the
air. Images include the length
of California from Eureka to San
Diego and all points in between such
as Newport Beach, Marina del Rey, 17-Mile
Drive, Sacramento, Aptos, Oxnard, Ventura, Morro
Rock, Point Lobos and Hermosa Beach. Click on the
word
links or photos above to view pages and information
about these fantastic California destinations we
love.
While
most images have been taken from
commercial aircraft, we've had the
pleasure of joining up with some
nice pilots at local airports who
have been available to provide
tours. In Big Bear Lake, the
City Administrator for the City of
Big Bear generously gave our
journalists a tour of the region by
air. The Big Bear Dam looked
surprisingly different and the tall
pine trees blocked views of many
hotel properties we hoped to view.
Flying
over Sacramento via Horizon Air from
Redding to LAX was a special treat.
It looked quite tiny below and made
one of our friends working in a
building in downtown Sacramento,
Barbara Steinberg, claim that the
view made her dizzy.
Time
and again as the commercial flights
travel along the coast from San
Francisco, Oakland, Monterey or San
Jose to LAX, Orange County or San
Diego, the scene will contain much
fog but for some reason, the fog
generally clears around Morro Bay
where you get a very cool view of
"The Rock". Created by geologic
action of volcanoes hundreds of
thousands of years ago, it is one of
a chain of such formations they call
the sisters. This chain stretches
from San Luis Obispo to Morro Bay
and into the Pacific Ocean.
Having
flown out of Monterey Airport a few
times, the routine usually goes like
this: You loop north toward Santa
Cruz. If you are lucky, awesome
views as you head south along the
slough near Moss Landing offers
views of
the power plant smokestacks. You
keep your fingers crossed for views
of Pebble Beach, 17 Mile Drive and
even Point Lobos near Big Sur. The
pilots usually veer inland and fly
along the Salinas / Central Valley
area above Highway 101 or even
Interstate 5 Highway which is a less
scenic route. As you approach
Los Angeles, you hope for clear
skies to see the downtown skyline,
ocean and beaches. Flying is a
luck of the draw as far as the
clarity of views is concerned.
Sometimes you see beautiful scenery
but usually its a mix of clouds and
a few landmarks breaking through. It
just depends on the weather and your
point of view.
