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Año Nuevo State Park

Armstrong Natural Reserve, Sonoma, July 2025

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Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Bixby Bridge spans the Pacific Coast Highway at sunset near Big Sur in California, USA.

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Pier with fishing equipment at Lucas Wharf restaurant, on Bodega Bay in Sonoma County, California

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Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States.

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Bodie State Historic Park

**RIGHTS MANAGED** uploaded for use on the LP app Moss covered oak trees Bothe Napa Valley State Park Napa County California

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Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park.

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Bridalveil Fall

Monterey, CA - Aug. 2, 2012: Cannery Row. The site of a number of now-defunct sardine canning factories, Cannery Row is the waterfront street in the New Monterey section of Monterey, CA; Shutterstock ID 1265631838; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; ...

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Eureka, California USA April 13, 2016: The Clark Museum offers a glimpse into the lives of early Humboldt county settlers holds an extensive collection of native American artifacts., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-10T19:38:14.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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Clarke Historical Museum

B22E59 Fishing at Clear Lake State Park Lake County California
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Clear Lake State Park

Surfers riding the waves at Cowell Beach, the main beach at Santa Cruz (vertical).

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The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco bay and Crissy Field License Type: media Download Time: 2023-05-20T06:36:25.000Z User: claramonitto Is Editorial: No purchase_order:

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Tourists are guided through the great Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park, California.

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Sunbeams and pathway through ferns and redwood trees, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Damnation Creek Trail, California; Shutterstock ID 2005093868;

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Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park

A woman swims in Lake Aloha in the Desolation Wilderness, Lake Tahoe, California.

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Desolation Wilderness

View of Lake Tahoe from the Rubicon Trail near DL Bliss State Park.

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DL Bliss State Park

A hiker is balancing on a fallen tree over a tributary of Merced river in front of famous El Capitan rock climbing summit in scenic Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California

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San Francisco, CA / USA - April 13, 2019: view across sail boat berths to Fort Mason Center, former US Army post, now the location of arts organizations, event centers and restaurants License Type: media Download Time: 2023-05-20T06:36:25.000Z User: claramonitto Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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Fort Mason Center

The Giant Sequoia known as the General Sherman Tree, California, Sequoia National Park.

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General Sherman Tree

A mother and daughter hike through the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park.

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San Francisco, CA, USA - October 1, 2025: Interior of the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro District, San Francisco, California, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-03-23T18:28:22.000Z, User: LP_YKhanna, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: LP, client: App Content, other: Yuvraj Khanna

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GLBT Historical Society Museum

A camping tent at Gold Bluffs in Redwoods National Park.

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Gold Bluffs Beach

A hiker looks up through the sunlight at a giant Redwood Tree in Stout Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

Lake Sonoma, Dry Creek Arm, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-11T19:40:25.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content , client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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Lake Sonoma Recreation Area

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is a state park unit preserving the largest hydraulic mining site in California, United States.

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Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

The Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden in Northern California.

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Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

Woman hiking through forest, rear view, Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

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Father Junipero Serra Founded The Carmel Mission With The Help Of The Local Indian Population, Carmel, California. (Photo By: Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

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Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

Mission San Juan Bautista is a Spanish mission in San Juan Bautista, California.

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Mission San Juan Bautista

Kayaker and stand up paddleboarder head out on the calm waters of Morro Rock Harbor in Central California.

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A female hiker scrambles up the mountaineer’s route of Mount Whitney, California on October 3, 2009. Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the continental United States and stands 14,494 feet tall. Mt Whitney

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Museum of the African Diaspora

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Museum of the African Diaspora

The Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz, California USA

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Portrait of John Steinbeck inside the lobby of the National Steinbeck Center in downtown Salinas. The spinach scare is only the latest bad news for Salinas. The biggest city in Monterey County was so broke it nearly shut its libraries two years ag...

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National Steinbeck Center

Waves at Partington Cove.

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Partington Cove

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Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Monarch butterflies cluster in the limbs of majestic Eucalyptus trees, Pismo Beach Grove, California.

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Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove

Point Arena Lighthouse in California is the tallest on the US West Coast.

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Point Arena Lighthouse

Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park, Mendocino County, California.

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Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park

Harbor seals rest on the beach in a cove along the trail at Point Lobos State Park, California.

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Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

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Point Sur State Historic Park

Fern Canyon in Redwoods National Park, California.

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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

View of Table Rock in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park in California, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-06T19:56:51.000Z, User: dermothegarty77, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Coastal California 7, other: Dermot Hegarty

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Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

A hiker relaxes atop Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park.

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Itchy goat scratching itself

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Tilden Regional Park

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues at the Trees of Mystery in Klamath, CA.

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Trees of Mystery

Little River at Van Damme State Park near Mendocino, California.

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Van Damme State Park

April 2, 2016: Exterior of the Winchester Mystery House with statues and a fountain.

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Winchester Mystery House

Sunny view of the Yosemite Museum at Yosemite National Park, California

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Yosemite Museum

San Francisco City Hall

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Lone Pine, CA / USA - October 19th, 2019: The storefront of the Museum of Western Film History in Lone Pine, near Alabama Hills, CA; Shutterstock ID 1538832260; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

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Museum of Western Film History

Looking out over the ruins of Sutro Baths, on the Californian Coast near San Francisco, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-06T19:46:19.000Z, User: dermothegarty77, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Coastal California 7, other: Dermot Hegarty

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SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES - APRIL 3: Castro Theater in Castro street, San Francisco, California, United States on April 3, 2013. The Castro Theater is a popular San Francisco movie palace. License Type: media Download Time: 2023-05-20T06:36:25.000Z User: claramonitto Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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This photograph was taken on the beautiful grounds of Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma, CA , License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-06T19:56:51.000Z, User: dermothegarty77, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Coastal California 7, other: Dermot Hegarty

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Gundlach-Bundschu Winery

ST. HELENA, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Rows of oak wine barrels sit on racks at Tres Sabores Winery September 25, 2009 in St. Helena, California. Tres Sabores, a certified organic winery, has strated to harvest their grapes for the 2009 vintage as winerie...

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A lone backpacker with a blue stocking cap sits on a slab of granite rock and watches the early sun beams of the morning light hit Banner Peak behind Thousand Island Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness.

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Ansel Adams Wilderness Area

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - MAY 19 2015:Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco, California.The Aquarium is focused on local aquatic animals from the San Francisco Bay and neighboring waters.
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Aquarium of the Bay

Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach

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Tower near a university, Sather Tower, University Of California, Berkeley, California, USA

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Bancroft Library

A foggy day unfolds at Bodega Head, California.

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