Aerial View of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island
Saturday, November 19th, 2005 at 11:26:50 PM · 2005/19_11/19_11
This aerial-perspective photograph was taken from a hillside overlook above Avalon, the main town on Santa Catalina Island, California. The harbor is filled with dozens of white pleasure boats and sailboats moored on buoys, while a large blue-and-white passenger ferry — likely a Catalina Express vessel — navigates the bay. The iconic Catalina Casino building, with its distinctive circular Art Deco architecture and red-tiled roof, is prominently visible on the point in the background. A woman in a white Puma t-shirt and khaki pants stands in the foreground left, slightly out of focus, giving a sense of the elevated vantage point. The late afternoon light bathes the scene in warm golden tones, highlighting the deep blue of the Pacific waters and the white structures below.
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