On a long Friday lunch, my friend Jed and I embarked on a tourist journey a few minutes from work to Fort Point.
The Fort is only open on Friday, as luck would have it, and we ended shooting all the film we had in our pockets that day.
Here, in one of the rooms far at the west end of the fort's top floor, I could not believe the light that came through the aged old windows.
On a long Friday lunch, my friend Jed and I embarked on a tourist journey a few minutes from work to Fort Point.
The Fort is only open on Friday, as luck would have it, and we ended shooting all the film we had in our pockets that day.
I walked on to the top floor, and looked down this hallway, and froze in my tracks, and yelled, "Jed, come quick, and bring the tripod!"
This is a view of Pigeon Point taken from Fort Rodney on Pigeon Island National Park. You can follow the grass hill all the way to the top to find a view of the Atlantic Ocean with Martinique in the distance.
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The gates of Fort York, in what is now Toronto. Fort York was largely destroyed in the War of 1812 and was immediately rebuilt.
The Fort York officers' quarters (1826) and, in the distance, one of two 1813 blockhouses.
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The Fort Funston cliffs parallel the takeoff path of aircraft departing SFO, making for a dramatic juxtaposition
Atlantic waves crashing beneath the large cliffs of Fort Rodney.
Fort Funston is a great spot to do some people watching, bird watching and get your dog fix. On occasion, it's possible to spot marine life as well -- schools of dolphins, whales, and seals have been known to make appearances.