Friday night Photos Harbor Island Edition

Happy Friday Everyone. As always, post any photos you like.

On Monday I went for a walk on Harbor Island. The island is a 1 1/2 mile long man made strip of land on the San Diego Bay. There's not much there other than a few hotels, restaurants, and marinas and a nice view of downtown San Diego.

View of downtown from the east end of the island.
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Metal Mermaid
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Naked Coraltree
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Your tax dollars at work. Navy Seals prepare to repel invading Russian hoard
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Houseboat Row. I wonder if these houseboats ever leave the dock?
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Mast Insurrection
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View of downtown and Coronado Bridge from the west end of the island.
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Sima's picture

Does the island form something like a barrier to the open sea for the harbor?

Here's a picture I took many years ago, when we had few neighbors and the skies were still dark, except in the direction of Seattle, of course. It's very long distance, so doesn't have great resolution after I blew it up but... one can see in the upper left hand side, near the rising moon, a red little dot. That's the planet Mars.
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@Sima
Beautiful shot of the moon.
In answer to your question, no, the San Diego bay front is well protected. The only reason for the island was for hotels, restaurants and marinas.

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@Sima GREAT picture Sima! Wonderful. That is a small red dot to catch that well! Great job! Outstanding! Once in a friends 10" superscope I saw a polar cap on Mars fairly well. Of course very briefly as we were not in best atmosphere for viewing. You just keep watching it, slightly fuzzy, and all of a sudden there will be some moments without any atmospheric distortion whatsoever, crystal clear and sharp, and it is wonderful, and then it's over. Ten more minutes for 10 more seconds.

thanks,

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Mastomania for sure. Seems some marinas are mostly stink pots and others blow boats.
My guess the house boats are semi-permanently dockside.
They may be somewhat seaworthy, to move would require a tow.

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Kinda like the old girls I used to run.
Thanks for hosting!

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@QMS
Great shot of the tugboat. How much time did you put in on a tug?

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@Socialprogressive

started with harbor tugs, near shore vessels
did the anchor handling tugs offshore a lot
then worked up to ocean going tugs
huge water churning machines
12' twin screw props pushed by
twin 6000 horse engines
damn, but we could pull heavy some shit around

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@QMS
Sounds like a great experience.

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Joe Manchin would be right at home with all those houseboats.

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@humphrey
If I woke up tomorrow and read someone had scuttled Manchins boat, I'd probably be doing the happy dance.

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San Diego appears to be very close to the water. Are people worried about rising sea levels?

Anyway, here's Fred in a box... in a box. True feline talent I think.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

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@Bollox Ref
Love the shot of Fred in a box...in a box. He truly is a cats cat.
Yes, San Diego and all the other coastal cities in the county are concerned about rising sea levels.

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@humphrey
Great find, humphrey.

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@Bollox Ref

and a bed with a skylight above. He's just as photogenic as always, just a bit more mature looking.

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Thanks for the scenes of San Diego. So much blue!

Just another hot sunny day here ...

Thanks for hosting Social, and enjoy the weekend all.

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@janis b
The blue skies on Monday were great. Today winter intruded and we had heavy rain.

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Great pixels SP! Can't believe how built up downtown is now. Gadzooks! That looks like a Torrey Pine behind the mermaid methinks? Coral trees are often great for birds, especially orioles hit them for nectar. Oriole on coral flower against blue sky works nice.

I had four C-130 blast over the house only 500' up, not 30 seconds apart, a couple days ago. Pretty sure the Russians are coming.

My Aunt lived in Moscow, I think in the late 70's or early 80's, editor for a publication. She spoke nothing but great respect and flowering praise for the place and people. She loved it there. So, I hope they are coming soon.

Be well all!

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@dystopian
It's a nice looking pine tree behind the mermaid, but I don't think it's a Torrey Pine.
This is a Torrey Pine.
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in LA for 10-12 years. She talked about how pretty San Diego was/is. I never got that far south. I did visit Pismo Beach and Morro Bay. The PCH has some gorgeous views. Hope they haven't been wrecked by wildfires. Rec'd!!

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

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@orlbucfan
The whole west coast from Canada to Mexico has has some spectacular scenery.

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