Close up, you notice the structure of the Golden Gate Bridge is studded with thousands of rivets, forming patterns that are picked out in the sunlight.

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Although 'just a bridge' when seen from a distance, closer up one notices that the Golden Gate has some striking Art Deco decorative details.

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Behind the seagull lies the former island prison of Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay.

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The beach at Piedras Blancas near San Simeon in California is the location of a colony of elephant seals.

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