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Aerial & Other Photos & Maps of Morro Bay and Nearby Areas
Photos
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Local nature photos at NEW PhotoMorroBay.com, Mike Baird's bairdphotos.com or stealthispicture.com, morro-bay.com/digitalchocolate, NEW picasaweb.google.com/mikebaird, mikebaird.slide.com, zazzle.com/mikebaird*, app.tabblo.com/studio/person/mikebaird/, and NEW flickr.com/photos/mikebaird ; Marc Kurth's morrobayphotos.com; Gary Robershaw's http://pbase.com/roberthouse; Cleve Nash's http://clevenash.com; Joyce Cory's Birding Blog; see also Flickr.com's most interesting and most recent Morro Bay photos... NEW BirdsOfMorroBay.com -- NEW Mike Baird's Morro Bay, CA Flickr Surfing Photos http://surf.morro-bay.com; NEW See Mike Baird's most popular photos at Flickr NEW Buy the best photo gear - recommendations by local photographers NEW Greg Blasingame Photography
www.flickr.com 
mikebaird's Most Interesting 50 photoset -
http://www.californiacoastline.org/
Aerial
photographic survey of the California Coast (Very cool!
High-resolution photos of every square foot of our coastline -- from a helicopter at
~500') Over 10,000 photos!
Some samples:
Start Here or see...
Diablo Nuclear Power Plant
Morro Bay Sand Spit
Morro Rock@[remove]n35 22.21 W120 52.36
Cloisters
Cayucos - Cayucos Bluffs composite (17 photos in one) Original photos in composite are with the permission and courtesy of, and Copyright © 2002-2003 Kenneth Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.californiacoastline.org Photo was annotated by morro-bay.com editor
- Aerial Photo (showing the "7 Sisters")
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Morro
Rock #2a circa 1900. "Morro Bay Townsite" Card 9 #2a -
Morro Rock, Natural History Association SLOC Docent Library; "Morro
Rock when it was still an island in the early 1900's" (Note: This
is a big 160K document to support full-page high-resolution printing) -
Morro
Rock #8 about 1900 "Historical Morro Bay" #8 Natural
History Association SLOC Docent Library (Note: This is a big 160K
document to support full-page high-resolution printing)
- Note: Really big images like the above typically will not print completely from your browser (you are likely to get a corner printed out). To later print a big picture viewed in Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, you can right-button-click an image and save it to your hard disk. Then, If you need a good free utility to later print the above or other images, go to http://www.irfanview.com and download their IrfavView32 program, or use one of the many other image processing programs available.
- 1897
Topographic Map USCB (
view
638x814) (print
- large! 2550x3250) - NEW
(March
2005) better versions of the complete 1897 Morro Bay Topo map, suitable
for making 16"x20" prints.
(the above is a tiny 204x266 thumbnail, download the 680x887 version or the 2041x2660 version for printing)
- Morro Rock, Morro Bay, CA. What did it Look Like between the Mainland and the Rock from the Late 1800's until Today?
- Good low altitude aerial photos, Satellite photos, and more, of Morro Bay are located at http://tutorial.core.ipp.pt/mirrors/Tutorial/Front/tofc.html (see section entitled "Section 1: Image Processing and Interpretation - Morro Bay, California") including (if the above links do not work, please see this) http://tutorial.core.ipp.pt/mirrors/Tutorial/Sect1/Sect1_2.html
- 360 degree QuickTime of Morro Bay Breakwater at base of Morro Rock (more Morro Bay scenes) Virtual SLO Morro Rock, more (QuickTime req'd)
- Jim Lile's Morro Bay region photo tour is of especial interest to paddlers
- (more Morro Bay scenes)
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Photos (the list below is repeated from the morro-bay.com historical tab)
- Photo Gallery, fair-use from Morro Bay's Yesterday's by Gates & Bailey. (use by permission from Jane Bailey, 1-6-02)
- 1890's view of Morro Rock from where town is today
- 1890's view of Morro Rock from north of Morro Creek
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1990's
aerial view for contrast
(note, harbor now is open only from the south side of the rock, whereas earlier the rock was an island, and usually entered from the north entrance)
- Photo Gallery Just for Fun
- Carol & Les's Cayucos Site (contains many good photos, esp. birds)
- Marc Kurth's Morro Bay Photo Gallery (very nice)
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Gregg Stevens Blasingame is a
multi-talented Morro Bay resident (photographer, singer, songwriter and
recording artist). Gregg's
photography can be
seen at
greggblasingame.com
(including photos of a
humpback whale breaching off Morro Rock 9-3-05),
at a pbase archive
pbase.com/greggblasingame, and at a
smugmug photosharing subdomain; He does wide-format fine art
reproduction at largeprints.us (44" Epson
10600 Gi'clee Printer ). His
music-related
interests are demonstrated at
greggstevens.com. - An aerial view of Morro Bay http://www.flickr.com/photos/84263554@N00/664240918/ from kla4067 at Flickr.
Maps
- 2014 Morro Bay Bike Route Map
- Morro Bay Map (from Yahoo!)
- Terraserver Topo Map of Morro Bay
- Terraserver photos of Morro Bay
- Interactive Mapquest map of Morro Bay
- San Luis Obispo County Map
- Morro Bay 5500 to 8000 years ago, from http://www.farwestern.com/morrobay/03year8000.jpg home
- Morro Bay 3000 to 5500 years ago, from http://www.farwestern.com/morrobay/03year5500.jpg home
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Morro Bay 1840-1842
from Where the Highway Ends, Geneva Hamilton, 1974, by
Eugene Duflot de Mofras, French cartographer.
Note: the sand spit is shown to be a small reef during this period... it is believed that the southern entrance to the bay was called Shark Inlet, a name which persists today even thought the bay is presently closed on the southern end. - Montana de Oro State Park Visitors Center Area
- California government, large nice .pdf map of the Central Coast
- 1900 Map of California, showing that the town of Morro Bay was called simply "Morro"
Other
Quick link to a Satellite
image
of Morro Bay
(now you have to enter an address from their home page)
Photo of the day
archive
Great Blue Herons - Heron Rookery at
Fairbanks Point north of Morro Bay Museum
Elephant Seals - Piedras Blancas, 35 miles north of Morro Bay
Boats at Tideland Park, Morro Bay
Boats at Tideland Park, Morro Bay
North jetty, Morro Rock 29 Dec 02
Pillar rock north of Morro Rock 29 Dec 02
(alt)
Robby Robinson Mural on the wall of
Coldwell Banker-Liberty Real Estate on Morro Bay Blvd., Morro Bay,
CA, by
Mary Carole
Larson (more)
Sunset over Morro Rock
White Pelicans feeding, Morro Bay
(click thumbnail to enlarge) (Our flags in full glory
in SLO)
(click thumbnail to enlarge) (Poppies in bloom in
SLO)
(click thumbnail to enlarge) (Hike nearby
Cerro Cabrillo for a
great view of Morro Bay)
Is this a shark in our California coastal surf?
(click
image for interpretation)
Mother sea otter with pup, May 2004, Morro Bay
National Geographic's 100 Best Wildlife Pictures
See
skyandtelescope.com's
sky chart for a cool map of the night sky in Morro
Bay
Photos of the area
- by Denis Weimer
Moose Peterson's Wildlife Research Photography
...to furnish wildlife photographers with info to
make the most of their photographic pursuits. Moose uses the
Nikon D2H camera
(>$3K)
Photography on a cosmic scale -- This slide show was put together with pictures from Hubble... it is so awesome you must see it. http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm
Photos from an excursion to the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse 12-2-03
Photos from Dec. 1, 2003 citizen protest at Morro Bay State Park campgrounds
(click to enlarge)
Photo of the Day
Morro Rock from North Point
near sunset
Feb. 20, 2004
Photos from a walk on the Morro Strand Beach, Morro Bay, CA 3-26-04
A couple of Killdeer
in the
Cloisters drainage
area trying to
distract
approaching visitors - April 2004
Photos of a Sea Otter mom with pup, and Peregrine Falcons -- observed at Morro Rock, Morro Bay, CA 4-3-04
Moon
over
Morro Bay - April 2004
photo by
Mike Baird
(click to enlarge)
Photos of a
walk on Morro Strand
Beach,
Morro Bay, CA
April 7, 2004
Photos around Morro Bay, April 16, 2004
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click thumbnail
to enlarge
Morro Bay Scenes
Cloisters City Park
See 24 Photos taken 6-5-04 at
Pismo Beach and Morro Bay
Composite
photo of semi-annual
State Parks Docent
Meeting --
hosted by Pismo Unit,
Oceano, CA
-- 6-5-04
Four new
Drawings
by
Rachel Winn Yon
Photo of the day 6-6-04 from
Morro Strand and Cloisters Park
Photo of the day 6-7-04 from the
Montaña de Oro Bluffs and Coralina Cove
Photo of the day 6-8-04
submitted by Dorsey Tuggle
Photos:
Wightman's "Walk along the Edge" Cayucos Bluffs
6-10-04
2nd Photo of the day 6-11-04 - composite of
fauna and flora at Cloister's Park in Morro Bay
Photo of the day 6-11-04, Adult Red Shouldered Hawk
with prey being chased by an American Crow -- taken on north boundary of
Morro Bay High School
Pelican at Morro Rock, Duke 6-14-04
Red tail Hawk, Matilija Poppy, Finches, 6-14-04
Western Snowy Plovers and Elegant Tern at Morro Strand
Beach, Morro Bay, CA June 21, 2004
White-Crowned Sparrows, Morro Bay, CA June 21, 2004
Great
Blue Heron,
Cloisters Park,
Morro Bay, CA
June 21, 2004
Birds & Nature
at Morro Strand,
docent-led walk by
Freeman & Worth Hall 7-1-04
Photos from July 4th 2004 Celebration Tidelands Park, Morro Bay, CA
Photo collage from docent-led walk Morro Strand Tide Pool walk 7-6-04
"Dogs and macros" - photos taken today 7-9-04, testing a new 180mm macro lens, posted at morro-bay.com/digitalchocolate (will be deleted very soon)
New Aerial Photos from Morro Bay old-timer
Red Truhitte of
Truhitte Automotive.
Morro Bay over the "Coffee Pot" Restaurant, Whale Rock Reservoir,
Cayucos, Morro Rock, The Cloisters - Go to
Red's Morro Bay Morsels Page
to see many more local photos submitted by Red.
The Cayucos Pier -
photo by
Red Truhitte
Morro Bay overview inc. Morro Bay State Park golf course - photo by
Red Truhitte
Sunset over Estero Bay July 11, 2004
Photos from Morro Strand 7-31-04
Kayakers can see the channels in Morro Bay at low tide
in this aerial shot...
Courtesy of
Laura Austin (more)
Manipulated image - juvenile Phoebe
bird shown in a composite... these photos were taken one
second apart, where the bird was perched on the same spot and facing the
same direction. One image was inverted and pasted over the other...
slight smearing was done to hide lines. You can see the same seeds
at the feet of each bird.
Composite photo from
Barbara Renshaw's September 5, 2004
docent-led walk "Coon Creek Berry Hunt."
Spring and summer flowers have faded away, leaving colorful berries.
Some are tasty and some are not. Some have medicinal uses, and some
are just plain poison. Enjoy a fall hike where we find and discuss the
berries. Meet in Montaña de Oro State Park at the end of Pecho Valley
Road in the Coon Creek parking lot. Bring water and wear sturdy
walking shoes. (Moderate) 3-5mi., 2-3hr.
Local bird photos from
Marc Kurth. More at morrobayphotos.com
See morro-bay.com/digitalchocolate
for more nature photos
Peregrine Falcons at Morro Rock 1-14-05 and
Risso's Dolphins off Avila, CA Jan. 16, 2005
(
1-12-06 new local versions are now posted here at
medium res and
high-res)
Scene
from Morro Strand State Beach 7-13-05
The above is a composite photo from the Seabird Study Boat Trip,
Avila, CA, July 25, 2005
Check out Marc Kurth's MorroBayPhotos.com -- a comprehensive gallery of quality Morro Bay-related photos Otter having breakfast in Morro Bay (must see these!)
Dennis Sheridan Photography (most excellent nature photos) -- Dennis Sheridan is a native Californian and graduate of Cal Poly Pomona. His photography concentrates on birds of prey and native wildlife, as well as fungi, lichens, insects and wildflowers. He has traveled world-wide photographing natural subjects.
Download
and print this free Brown Pelican photograph via
LuLu
See more local nature photos at http://morro-bay.com/digitalchocolate