Authors: Susan Casey
Great Murre Cave (right) and Little Murre Cave, cleaved into the rock below Shubrick Point.
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Juvenile northern elephant seal, the favored food of great white sharks, lounging on the marine terrace.
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California sea lions basking on the old stone steps at North Landing.
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Twenty-five thousand western gulls make Southeast Farallon Island their home.
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Riding the Billy Pugh at East Landing, with
Kingfish
and the Dinner Plate in background.
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A cassin’s auklet chick.
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The sixty-foot steel cutter
Just Imagine
, with skipper Tom Camp.
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An unquiet cove:
Just Imagine
(with Tubby tied off to starboard) at its moorage in Fisherman’s Bay, 150 yards west of Tower Point and 200 yards east of Sugarloaf.
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Marine scientist and shark-tagging expert Kevin Weng from the Block Lab at Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey.
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Part of the
Just Imagine
diet: a cabezon, a fish with a face that could scare small children.
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“Just get there as fast as you can”: Peter Pyle rowing Tubby across Fisherman’s Bay.
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Scot Anderson on the marine terrace, with Saddle Rock in the background.
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The outer edge of the fearsome Maintop Bay, a spooky, boat-eating stretch of water that makes everyone uneasy. Not surprisingly, the sharks seem to love it.
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