California Pictures

Coastal, landscape, and scenic pictures taken in California, USA.

California is not just big surf and big stars. This diverse state on America's far West mainland is nicknamed the Golden State, not for the sands of the pacific South coast, but for the precious metal plundered from the ground in the North East. The state fish may be the Golden Trout, but the official state tree is the California Redwood. Redwoods grow as much as two and three hundred feet tall- the tallest trees in the world.

California is home to America's largest city, Los Angeles. Like its home state, Los Angeles is a colourful collection of the country's best, and it's not all about the big trees. California has the lowest and highest points in the United States, outside of Alaska. Below sea level, Death Valley is a salty desert where precipitation can't keep up with the speedy evaporation. As surfers flock to the state's southern beaches, climbers scramble to the mountains of Yosemite National Park to the North. In a state as varied as California, you can't help but find it all.

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Avenue Of The Giants A popular destination for visitors from around the globe is the Avenue of the Giants in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California.	Desert Plants This lethal looking cactus is just one of the varieties of plants found in the Death Valley desert in California, USA.	Desert Climate One of the hottest places on earth is the Death Valley desert in California where the climate can reach in excess of 130 degrees fahrenheit.
Wild Cotton Top Cactus Dessert Plant USA There are several varieties of wild cactus plants found in the Death Valley desert in California, USA.	California Redwood Tree A dwarfed tree standing beside a redwood tree in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California.	Castle Death Valley An oasis in the desert, Scottys Castle situated in Death Valley, California, USA.
San Francisco One of the things that makes San Francisco so famous are the cable cars in downtown.	Scottys Castle An interesting attraction in the desert is Scottys Castle in Death Valley, California, USA.	Redwood Trees A road through the redwood trees in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California, USA.
Badwater A sign showing that the Badwater Basin is 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley, California, USA.	Death Valley History The interpetive trail at the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley gives an insight into the history of the borax mning industry in Callifornia, USA.	Redwoods Forest Life California The Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California, is home to a variety of forest dwelling plant life.
Beach Vacation Homes The completely unobstructed views make these beach homes a great place for a vacatio along the Oregon Coast, USA.	Humboldt Redwoods State Park The famous giant trees in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California, USA.	San Francisco Shops One of the brightly decorated shops in downtown San Francisco in California, USA.
Roads One of the roads in Death Valley National Park in California, USA.	Cloud Formations Some interesting cloud formations near Deadman's Pass in California, USA.	Bridgeport California The old court house in the town of Bridgeport in California, USA.
Christmas Tree Star A brightly decorated christmas tree topped with a star in downtown San Francisco, California, USA.	Types Of Clouds California There are many types of clouds which indicate different weather patterns like these ones near Bishop in California.	Great Basin Desert Death Valley in California is one portion of the Great Basin Desert in North America.
Teddy Bear Cholla The fuzzy looking teddy bear cholla cactus found in Death Valley National Park in California, USA.	Cotton Top Cactus Picture Death Valley National Park USA The spiny Cotton Top cactus found in Death Valley National Park makes for an interesting picture.	Salt Flats California The Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California is mostly salt flats.
Sequoia National Park Sequoia Trees in Winter inside the Sequoia National Park in California	Earths Lowest A woman checks out a sign showing the earths lowest points one being the Badwater Basin in Death Valley in California.	Badwater Basin Situated in Death Valley National Park of California is the Badwater Basin at 282 feet below sea level.
Redwoods A stand of massive redwood trees at the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California, USA.	Desert Snowman Death Valley A Christmas snowman surviving the desert sun in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.	Death Valley Salt Flats The Badwater Basin salts flats in Death Valley, California, USA.
Joshua Tree	Death Valley Landscape The diverse desert landscape of the Death Valley National Park in California, USA.	Highway A desert highway situated in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Death Valley Sunrise A couple enjoy sunrise in Death Valley National Park in California, USA.	Redwood Forest California USA The moss covered bark of a Redwood tree in the magical world of the Humboldt Forest in California, USA.	Weather Symbols California The cloud formations above Mono Lake are symbols of weather conditions in California, USA.
California Redwood Trees The bark of one of the redwood trees in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California, USA.	Cloudy Sunset The cloudy evening sky made for an interesting sunset near Keeler in California, USA.	Badwater Sign A sign showing the earths lowest points one being the Badwater Basin in Death Valley which is 282 feet below sea level.
California Coast Photo A massive wave pounds the rocky shores along the California Coast in the USA.	Desert Holly The desert holly is a tough plant which survives in Death Valley National Park in California, USA.	Death Valley California Different coloured minerals on the surface of the arid landscape in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.