On the 7th December 2024, my parents and I took a trip to Nike Missile Site SF-88L at Marin Headlands in Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Marin County CA, and Sausalito, CA. It has been very smoggy in the SF Bay Area, so there weren't many photo opportunities. I took photos on my phone and on my Olympus mirrorless camera, and the photos are split into 2 posts. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos!
Parts: Olympus Photos (Coming Soon) | Cellphone Photos
These are the photos I took with my cellphone. The photos were shot at Nike Missile Site SF-88L and Sausalito, CA. The smog was really heavy so there really wasn't any opportunity for scenery photos.
We begin our trip with Nike Missile Site SF-88L at Marin Headlands in Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Marin County CA.
The Nike Missile Site SF-88L is open on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 12 PM to 3 PM and on the first Saturday of every month, volunteers give tours of the site. Most of the volunteers giving the tours are veterans who have served at this site in the past. This is the first time I've been inside of the site due to the limited time that it is open for.
Before I get into the funny story, if you don't know, on the 5th December 2024, there was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that shook northern California and the effects of it were felt all the way down to the SF Bay Area. A few minutes after the shaking, everyone's phones went off with a tsunami evacuation warning, which was later cancelled due to the earthquake not being the type that generates tsunamis. One of the volunteers/veterans told a funny story from last Thursday during the earthquake and tsunami warning. Apparently they had a group of visiting cadets from a landlocked area of the US and the cadets have never seen the ocean before. They received quite a jolt at the site as it is on the fault line. At first there were some panic amongst the cadets as they never experienced anything like it. A few minutes later everyone's phones went off with the tsunami warning. The veterans told them "We have to evacuate now", but the cadets had other plans. The cadets insisted on hiking up a nearby hill to see the tsunami coming in. The veterans had no choice but to let them do that. These cadets have never seen the ocean, and apparently thought the fog and smog were the waves. They posted photos and videos to the internet saying they got to witness a tsunami and an earthquake. Some higher up military officials apparently saw it and started calling the NPS and the volunteers being like "Are you crazy? Why didn't you all evacuate? You let them watch the tsunami?" The volunteers had to explain the cadets didn't listen to them and that the tsunami never came.
A photo of missiles at Nike Missile Site SF-88L in Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
A photo of missiles at Nike Missile Site SF-88L in Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
A photo of a missile computer at Nike Missile Site SF-88L in Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
A photo of missiles at Nike Missile Site SF-88L in Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
A photo of missiles at Nike Missile Site SF-88L in Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
We spent the last half our trip walking around Sausalito, CA. There really weren't any photo opportunities here due to how heavy the smog was. The only San Francisco you can see from Sausalito was just a very faint outline of the skyscrapers.
A sunset and smog scenery photo of clouds and yachts at Sausalito Yacht Harbor in Sausalito, CA. In the background in the center is Mt. Tamalpais.
A sunset and smog scenery photo of clouds, yachts at Sausalito Yacht Harbor, and Sausalito, CA.
A sunset and smog scenery photo of clouds, San Francisco (in the distance on the left), San Francisco Bay (left), Scoma's of Sausalito & The Trident (left), sidewalk (center), Bridgeway (right), and buildings (right) taken in Sausalito, CA.
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Parts: Olympus Photos (Coming Soon) | Cellphone Photos
