The marine layer does battle with the heights of Sandstone Peak and its many outcroppings of rock.

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An outcropping of "sandstone" near the summit of Sandstone Peak. The rock here is sedimentary and volcanic, rather than the sandstone for which the peak is mistakenly named

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The marine layer fog makes a fresh assault on the high lands around Sandstone Peak

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Colorful flowering plant along the trail

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Looking up from the trail towards the cloud wrapped rocks above in the Santa Monica Mountains

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