Sunset underneath the Golden Gate Bridge

Like last year, I went to photograph the sun set behind the Golden Gate Bridge. I went to the Berkeley marina because it was at sea level and at the angle (see the end of this post for details).

The clouds were beautiful:

The sun set perfectly behind the bridge:

All in all, it was beautiful:

I went back today but it was too foggy so I walked out on the pier instead...

... and caught a couple shots of Berkeley:

To anyone looking to capture shots involving the precise position of celestial bodies, I highly recommend The Photographer's Ephemeris (free for desktop download, paid iPhone and Android apps).

Creative and beautiful pictures, delicious treats, and a MATLAB puzzle

Ordinary objects come to life

Take a look around the world from above

These red velvet cake balls look delicious!

MATLAB puzzle (solutions at link):

if (BLANK)
    disp('I Love ')
else
    disp('MATLAB')
end

What can replace BLANK to get the print-out (exactly): I Love MATLAB

And finally, how this blog is created (follow the link for the full-size comic and hovertext):

Sunset behind the Golden Gate Bridge

I went up the hills behind the UC Berkeley campus on Friday with some friends

to photograph the sun setting behind the Golden Gate Bridge.

I went up again today and, although it was cloudy, managed to get this shot: