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San Francisco ยป Alcatraz

A Trip to Alcatraz, April 19, 2013

The ruins of the former prison are now overseen by the National Park Service
as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.  It was quite windy out there.


Approaching Alcatraz

One of the America Cup boats zips past

America Cup boat

San Francisco Bay

Barracks/Apartments and Cellhouse

Shrouded guard tower

Scented geranium (Pelargonium 'Brilliant')

Stairwell



Shadows and light

Signs of the times

Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

Old truck

Former Post Exchange/Officer's Club

Windows to the past

Valerian (Centranthus ruber)

Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)

Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)

Roof line

Roof line

Military Chapel

Valerian (Centranthus ruber)

Song sparrow

Path to the rose terrace

Overlooking the rose terrace

Overlooking the rose terrace & power plant

Water tower

Guard enclosure

Cellhouse

Cellhouse

Stairs

Divider

Cell blocks

Skylights

Isolation cells

Cell block

Cell block

Cell blocks

Cell

Sunlight in cellblock

Administration building

Administrative office

Lighthouse

Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco

Moon

Former warden's house

Site of greenhouse by warden's house

Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)

Succulents (Aeonium Arboreum)

Railing

Rubble pile

Iceplant

Nesting Western gulls

Pacing the America Cup boats

San Francisco

Lighthouse

Railing

Bay bridge beyond the rubble piles

Rubble pile

Schooner "Alma," SF Maritime Historical Park

Schooner "Alma," SF Maritime Historical Park

Schooner "Alma," SF Maritime Historical Park

Snowy egret

Snowy egret

Cellhouse from West lawn and terraces

Cellhouse from prisoner gardens

Succulents (Aeonium Arboreum)

Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)

Prisoner gardens

Cellhouse from prisoner gardens

Naturtiums

Cellhouse from prisoner gardens

Brandt's cormorants

Brandt's cormorants

Nasturtium and Iceplant

Outside the recreation yard

The cellhouse from the recreation yard

View from the recreation yard

Western gull

Roof line

Shadows and light

Calla lily



Storehouse

Former post exchange/Officer's Club

Western gulls

Fuchsia

Guardhouse

Bud

Eucalyptus blossoms

San Francisco

Alcatraz

Alcatraz

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