Ghosts And Twilight

"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too.

 They live and sometimes, they win."

~Stephen King

 On our way up the coast from Half Moon Bay last week, Alan and I decided to stop, briefly, at Land's End, and take in the beautiful sunset over the Pacific Ocean. The park is awesome! You can see the Golden Gate Bridge, the USS San Francisco Memorial, and even the remains of the Sutro Baths, which is just a short walk down a trail, that sits along the cliffs. But last Thursday, we didn't stop to do more than take a few photographs, and then it was onto Marin for dinner! The sunset going on over the horizon, was producing such vibrant autumn color, that it took my breath away! It was absolutely stunning, but something besides that gorgeous sunset caught my eye!

 I noticed that if you looked directly down the cliffs, the rocks below looked almost black and white! And there was the spooky  remains of a small tree. It was a skeleton, really. No leaves, no sign that life had ever existed on it, but there was something about how it's branches were shaped, that was pleasing to my eye! Cold and dark, yet seductive to my photographers eye, so I took a few shots of it on our way out of the park! I didn't notice anything else about the photo, until a couple hours ago, when I began editing other photos from the same file. It seems that in the lower left hand side of the picture are several shapes, that seem to be three people, walking together along the cliff!

There was no one there, when I took the photo, only some shore birds roosting on Seal Rock, which is a impressive rock formation that sits just off shore. It can be seen from the parking lot on Point Lobos avenue, but is a good distance from the shoreline. The shapes captured in the photo, seem to be walking along the cliff directly in front of me, but no one was there! I saw no one! And even stranger, if you look closely, not only does it seem to be three people walking together, it also seems that they are transparent! Is it a bit of mist, that I happened to capture at just the right moment? Perhaps! Could it be three ghosts out for a walk in the twilight? Less likely, but who knows? Perhaps it is! I guess I'll never know for sure, and I kinda love that! I get to write my own ending!

So, are they ghosts? Or Wispy splashes of water on the cliffs?

You decide! 

 #40 Leaf Of The Day

October 30th, 2018

Photographed October 24th 2018

Ione, California

~Mood: Quiet
~Me

Round Robin Challenge: Gone

Ocean Beach, Near Cliff House, San Francisco
August 14th, 2013, 
Antique Filter

"A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells, the less you know."

~Diane Arbus



RRC: Gone

The Sutro Baths

I don't usually post photos that aren't mine for this challenge, in fact it is strongly frowned upon, but this time, just as a point of reference, the picture you see just above this paragraph are actually two photos I found on the Internet that demonstrate the amazing grace, architecture, beauty, and history of a bygone era in San Francisco. The time was the late 1800's, and the place was the Sutro Baths that were erected next to Cliff House, on the Great Highway. As you can see, it was a fantastic place, that featured state of the art innovation for the time. Today, all that remains of the once great public swimming pools, are the ruins, which I find really interesting as a historical point of interest!









Sutro Baths was built on the bluff, next door to Cliff House, had 7 pools, of fresh water and salt water, and it survived the 1906 earthquake, but eventually fell to the fluxing economy in the middle half of the 20th century. After it's closing, in 1966, the building was finally destroyed by fire. Which seems so sad to me. A building as impressive as it was, should still be there, reminding us of the wonderful time it was built in. I would give anything to have seen and photographed it, but the ruins are still very interesting to me! I find it to be an enchanting place, and I can almost hear the music that was playing during all those decades! Can you imagine how much the swim fashions alone changed over those 60 years?


"Photography is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality."

~Alfred Stieglitz

Sutro Baths History (National Park Service)

Sutro Baths (Wikipedia)

Okay, now that you have seen my post for the RRC, why not go and see what the other participating Robins have come up with! Just click the link at the beginning of the post to be redirected to the official Round Robin blog. Better yet... why don't you join us? I know Karen would be very pleased to have you join in!

:)

Mood: Happy/Nostalgic

~Me :)