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Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-20

#schiffsamstag #shipsaturday

Port Of Long Beach, California

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #photo #usa #us #photography #travel #sunrise #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #longbeach #california #socal #leftcoast #dawn #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #ship #ships #shipsofmastodon #maritime #nautical #seascape #water #sea #ocean #pacific

This is a high contrast black and white seascape photo in 'landscape' format of three cargo ships at anchor during sunrise. Port of Long Beach, California (2017). The sea water is calm with only the smallest ripples disturbing the surface. The water starts at the base of the image and rises upwards to the two-thirds up point, where, instead of a horizon there is a long, low, harbour breakwater, perhaps a few km away, dividing the sea from the sky. Inside this harbour wall are three large cargo ships, probably crude oil tankers, anchored and all viewed in profile and with their bows pointing to the right. The closest is to the right of centre, still at least 1km away, the next is closer to the breakwater and near the centre of the image, while the third is to the left of centre. The filtering of the strong blue light from the sky and water has caused a horizontal funnel illusion with the left side of the photo unaffected while moving towards the right, the image becomes ever darker in the upper and lower right corners, leaving a narrow tube of clear image along the centre line of the photo.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-17

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The Battle With The Pacific Continues

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #monochrome #travelphotography #water #woman #california #socal #la #usa #us #surfing #surfer #pacific #bnw #sport #sports #people #surf #leftcoast #watersports #pacificocean #blackandWhite #hermosabeach #blackandwhitephotography

This is a black and white sports photo in landscape format of a young woman clinging to her surfboard amid a maelstrom of white surf. Hermosa Beach, California (2016). Below and to the left of centre is the head of a young woman lying prone on her surfboard, viewed from above and about two or three metres away. Her body is obscured by the swirling surf with only the sole of her right foot just visible above the vortex. The surfboard is angled diagonally across the image, filling most of the photo, with the forward tip being close to the upper right corner, the board between the tip and the surfer can be seen but anything behind is hidden by the surf. Our surfer is facing forward and to the left. Her long blond hair is very wet and is clinging to her head and shoulders. The rest of the image is filled with a maelstrom of swirling white surf.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-15

#streetphotography

Delightful New Avian (Feline Free), Development Available for Immediate Rental Or Purchase - Enquire Within

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #catalina #bird #travelphotography #blackandwhite #socal #photooftheday #potd #birds #monochrome #california #us #usa #abstract #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #abstractphotography #leftcoast

This is an abstract black and white photo in landscape format of multiple bird houses mounted on the white wooden frame supporting an awning over a bungalow's porch. Santa Catalina, California (2015). In the foreground and perhaps two metres from the camera, is a white wooden frame built in front of a bungalow supporting a fabric awning over the porch. The frame consist of four pairs of long parallel planks stretching away from the camera towards the house, that support a further pair located at the front and at right angles to the others. The fabric is stretched across the top, however, its become detached closer to the house on the right side where its hanging down loose. Located along the front pair of planks that are at right angles to the camera are ten small bird houses, all different and facing away from the house (facing the camera). There are at least two further bird house hanging from a support on the left side closer to the house. Above is a clear and cloudless sky rendered dark grey. The location: Avalon, Santa Catalina, California.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-13

#schiffsamstag #shipsaturday

Reduced Visibility

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #photo #usa #us #photography #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #sanfrancisco #california #norcal #sfba #leftcoast #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #ship #ships #shipsofmastodon #maritime #nautical #sf #fog #mist #seascape #water #sea #ocean #pacific

This is a black and white seascape photo in landscape format of a cargo ship approaching a suspension bridge and about to enter a bank of thick sea fog. San Francisco (2016). A mass of dark and disturbed water rises from the base of the image to the halfway up point, the water is disturbed by a strong sea breeze. In the centre of the image is the cargo ship, a crude oil tanker, viewed from the stern, from slightly above and at a distance of a few km. The ship is underway with a small amount of white wake visible aft of the vessel. In common with most merchant ships, she has a black hull and the superstructure at the stern is white. The ship is heading away from the camera, is about to enter a dense bank of brilliant white sea fog that is forming around a hidden (by the fog), strait. While the fog is thick, very dense with a forward visibility of perhaps less than 50 metres it is a layer of 30-50 metres tall with the visibility good above the layer. The ship is a short distance from and approaching a large suspension bridge. The tops of the two towers and cables can be seen, also some of the deck on the right side, the rest of the bridge is obscured by the fog. The ship is going to pass slightly to the right of the centre of the bridge and will shortly disappear from view into the fog. The body of water is the San Francisco Bay, the bridge: the Golden Gate Bridge and the oil tanker is heading for the Pacific Ocean a short distance ahead.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-06

#schiffsamstag #shipsaturday

A Delicate Pirouette

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #photo #usa #us #photography #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #longbeach #california #socal #leftcoast #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #ship #ships #shipsofmastodon #tug #tugboat #portoflongbeach

This is a black and white maritime photo in landscape format of a tug assisting a large container ship to turn through one hundred and eighty degrees prior to docking. Long Beach, California (2016). A calm, but disturbed by propeller wash, dark sea water rises from the base to the one-third up point in the image. To the lower left of centre is a large tug (tractor tug) viewed in profile, her bow pointing to the right. The tug has a black hull lined with many tyres with many more attached to the bow. slightly forward of the tugs centre is a white superstructure with a 'control tower' like wheelhouse on top, with many large, rectangular windows surrounding the bridge. Above the wheelhouse are a number of antennas and a short black signal mast folded backwards. On the tug's bow is a stout line, under tension, that stretches upwards about twenty metres to the centre of the bow of the container ship. The view of the ship is slightly oblique, the bow pointing to the right of the camera and the vessels starboard (right) side in view. The hull is, again, black, with a small amount of the white superstructure visible forward of the stern. The ship's deck is lined with stacks of shipping containers, sixteen across and seven or eight high close to the wheelhouse though the stack slopes downwards with the stack only three high closer to the bow to allow visibility ahead from the bridge. The tug, plus two others, out of view, are turning the ship through 180 degrees prior to docking.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-03

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Waterside Wedding

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#AltText #noai #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #travelphotography #water #california #socal #catalinaIsland #santacatalina #usa #us #leftcoast #streetphotography #people #catalina #blackandWhite #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #monochrome #wedding #marriage

This is a black and white street photo in landscape format of a couple standing on the waterfront and about to be married. Avalon, Santa Catalina (2014). In the foreground there is some white metal framework with piping delicately bent into circles, these are close to the camera and heavily blurred out of focus. Stretching away from the camera is a low, stone harbour wall that goes from the centre of the frame and arches around to the right. Along the wall are wooden posts with heavy hemp rope acting as a safety guard. There is a set of concrete steps that descend from the centre of the image down to the right and into the sea. Standing to the left of centre and in the middle ground is a middle aged couple, both viewed partially in profile, the lady closest to the camera and the man, to her right. The lady is wearing a long white dress and the man a white dinner jacket suit (tuxedo) with a black bow tie. The lady has a ring of flowers on the top of her hair and a bunch of roses in her hands. The metal work in the foreground almost forms a heart shape over the couple. They are both waiting for the marriage ceremony to start.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-28

#FensterFreitag #windowfriday

Urban Laundry

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #sf #sfba #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #us #usa #california #norcal #leftcoast #architecture #architecturalphotography #sanfrancisco #abstract #abstractPhotography

This is an abstract black and white street photo in portrait format of some washing drying from a window with an iconic high-rise in the background. San Francisco (2015). In the foreground and stretching away from the camera along the right margin of the image is the pale wall of a building, heavily blurred out of focus. Attached to the wall are some loose cables and what might be a black drain pipe running vertically up the wall of the building. To the right of centre, and in focus, is a short metal pole of about a metre long protruding from the wall at right angles, with a small amount of laundry hanging from metal coat-hangers and out to dry. In the background and slightly blurred out of focus is the facade of a tall, triangular shaped, white office block. Only part of the middle levels are in view, the lower floor having about seventeen windows stretching across, with the building tapering to nine windows across on the upper floor. There are many floors out of view below and a few more floors out of view above the image. The tapered building is the Transamerica Pyramid (also know as the Transamerica Tower and Transamerica Building) in San Francisco's finanical district. The drying laundry: I cannot comment on.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-25

#streetphotography

A Water Salute

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#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #blackandwhite #norcal #photooftheday #potd #sf #monochrome #us #usa #california #people #leftcoast #sanfrancsico #sfba #blackandwhitephotography #bnw

This is a black and white street photo in portrait format of two Chinese ladies walking through a park with water sprinklers forming a triangle above them. Washinton Square, San Francisco (2013). The lower third of the image is filled with neatly mown, short grass. Stretching across this section is a paved path stretching across the park from left to right. On this path and in the centre of the photo are two Chinese ladies, walking in opposite directions, but at this moment in time: standing shoulder-to-shoulder. Both women are the same height, wearing white sun hats with large peaks, jackets, trouser and trainers. Both are holding a walking stick in their outer hands. In the near background are two water sprinklers, one on the left side, one on the right, both angled upwards so their streams cross in the centre of the image, above our ladies and about two thirds up in the photo. The spray of water is nearly in a straight line, though the upper half of the photo is covered in a thin mist obscuring much of the park behind. Through the mist a car, some short trees and the front of a building can be made out.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-22

#schiffsamstag #shipsaturday

Queensway Bay And The RMS Queen Mary

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#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #lariver #la #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #us #usa #california #socal #leftcoast #longbeach #streetphotography #people #ship #ships #shipsofmastodon

This is a black and white street photo in landscape format of a man fishing at the end of a small pier with a large ship in the background. Long Beach, California (2016). Stretching away from the camera along the pier on both sides of the image are two sets of metal railings that appear to converge slightly with increasing distance. At the end of the pier and about five metres away is our fisherman, sitting in a dark coloured, fabric covered, picnic chair. His head is just visible above the back of the chair, he is looking to his left, as if aware someone is watching / photographing him. He is wearing a white baseball cap and dark sunglasses. His arms are lying on the arm rests at the sides of the chair. His two legs, just visible, with white socks and shoes. Under the chair and to the right is a jumble of ....stuff ? perhaps something to do with fishing ? A fishing Rod (fishing pole) is visible two metres to his left, resting against the far railings. Beyond the end of the pier is a body of calm medium grey water with a small stone breakwater at the far side. Next to the breakwater is a moored, large ocean liner, slightly blurred out of focus. The hull is black and lined with small portholes. The upper part of the hull and superstructure above, is white, this time lined with square or rectangular windows. Above the upper deck is a row of nine open lifeboats hanging from davits. There are three large, raked funnels beyond the lifeboats in the centre of the ship.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-21

#FensterFreitag #windowfriday

Nuestra Señora De Guadalupe Church

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #sf #sfba #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #us #usa #california #norcal #leftcoast #architecture #architecturalphotography #sanfrancisco

This is a high contrast black and white street / architectural photo of a church tower and high-rise apartment block in portrait format. San Francisco (2013). In the foreground is the upper section of a brilliant white Spanish style church tower. The lower section in view has tall columns arranged in pairs in each of the four corners surrounding what looks like a ten sided white stone tower. Supported by the columns is an ornate plinth that supports the upper section which again appears to be ten sided, slightly tapered with a slightly flattened bell or cone shaped top - topped of course with a cross. immediately behind and partially obscured by the church tower is a square high-rise apartment building, also brilliant white, with balconies stretching across each floor. Surrounding each building is a clear and cloudless sky rendered jet black. The church tower belongs to the former Nuestra Señora De Guadalupe Church, in Russian Hill, San Francisco.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-20

The Finish Line

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #blackandwhite #norcal #photooftheday #potd #sfba #monochrome #us #usa #california #people #leftcoast #marathon #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #sf #sport #sports #women #taiwan

This is a black and white sports photo in landscape format of a Taiwanese female runner among a large group of marathon runners and approaching the finish line. San Francisco (2015). To the immediate right of centre is a female runner, shot in close-up, with only the top half of her in view. She is running towards and to the right of the camera. Our lady has a large smile, stretching almost from ear-to-ear, showing two rows of white and even teeth. She has shoulder length dark hair trained backwards with a broad head band across her forehead stretched to the back of her head. She is wearing a very light grey sports top, unzipped to the waist. Below her neck and in the centre of her chest is a transfer (decal) of the flag of the Republic of China - Taiwan. In her right hand she is holding a smart phone with black wires stretching upward to her ears. Behind our lady is a large group of female runners, all blurred, many heavily blurred, out of focus. The event is the Nike Woman's Half Marathon. The location: The Marina District, San Francisco.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-15

#SchiffSamstag #SchiffsSamstag

Just Enough Power To Put The Boat In Orbit

#AltText #shipsaturday #photo #bnw #photography #ship #ships #potd #travel #travelphotography #socal #pacific #photooftheday #leftcoast #boat #boats #shipsofmastodon #maritime #nautical #water #sea #ocean #BlackAndWhite #us #usa #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #california #people #streetphotography

This is a black and white photo in landscape format of the rear of an open top, moored, power boat with a woman sitting in the stern. Long Beach, California (2014). Resting on the base of the image are three very large outboard motors attached to the transom of this moored power boat. The motors are all white except for an inverted black 'V' on the top. In bold black numerals are the numbers 350 and V8, the 350 I'm guessing is the horse power. Forward of the three engines is a woman sitting on the right side and facing away from the camera. She has dark hair and is holding a drink in her left hand with a further drink in a recessed holder on her right. Forward of the woman is the back of the driver's white bench seat, with the words 'Midnight Express' contrasting in black lettering. The topside of the boat is all white while the hull is black. The forward part of the boat is off camera at the top of the photo.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-11

#streetphotography

Baby Dragon

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #blackandwhite #socal #photooftheday #potd #kids #monochrome #us #usa #california #people #leftcoast #dragondance #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #dtla #la #losangeles #chinatownLA #dragon #chinese #chinesenewyear #lunarnewYear

This is a black and white street photo in landscape format of a young Chinese girl in a Dragon dance costume. Chinatown, LA (2014). Dominating most of the image is a small Dragon dance costume with the face of a young Chinese girl visible inside the Dragon's gaping mouth. The costume really is only the Dragon's head. On the top are two large staring eyes on the sides of the head surrounded by vast amounts of fluffy eyebrows, I'm sure there is a nose but it's not apparent. Below the eyes is a large and wide mouth with many white teeth on the upper and lower jaws. Below are long strands of white hair, perhaps our Dragon has a beard? The young Dragon is waiting for the Chinese New Year Parade to start on the small hill above LA's Chinatown, California.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-09

#SilentSunday #stillersonntag

A Little Art On The LA River

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #lariver #la #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #us #usa #california #socal #leftcoast #art #streetart #mastoart #mural #murals

This is a black and white photo in landscape format of a mural on the pillar of a bridge spanning a wide river. Long Beach, California (2016). In the foreground is the dark, still and slow flowing waters of a wide urban river with large rocks confining the water on the far side. From the quarter up level in the image are two large rectangular concrete pillars supporting a bridge overhead. The left pillar is plain with marks left over from the time the concrete was poured and weathering afterwards. The pillar on the right side has similar marks but with a large mural, perhaps three metres tall, extending upwards from the waterline. The artwork is of a young woman, maybe of Native American descent, viewed in profile and facing to the left. The mural is of the shoulders and above, she has some hatched white markings, possibly body paint, on her left shoulder and left cheek. She has a sharply defined nose, a neutral facial expression and long dark hair swept back over her head on over her right shoulder. Between the two pillars is a thin and bright beam of sunlight that stretches diagonally across the image.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-11-04

#streetphotography

Unhappy Back-Seat Passenger

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #blackandwhite #socal #photooftheday #potd #dog #monochrome #us #usa #california #people #leftcoast #dogsofmastodon #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #streetphotography #dogs #catalina #CatalinaIsland #mondog

This is a black and white street photo of a passing golf cart with a rather unhappy Dog sitting on the rear passenger seat. Avalon, Santa Catalina (2016). Dominating the photo is a large, covered, golf cart, driving along a quiet street driving from left to right. In the front is an adult male sitting and driving on the left side of the cart. On the right front seat is a baby's car seat, the baby is unseen. On the back right seat is our unhappy Dog, possibly a Golden Retriever, sitting with their head down and ears folded back - looking very unhappy: Maybe the front seat is normally theirs or they're just a nervous passenger ? In the rear on a luggage rack is the babies folded stroller. In the background are a few people walking along the street but blurred out of focus.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-10-28

#streetphotography

Stockton Street

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #travelphotography #blackandwhite #sf #photooftheday #potd #monochrome #us #usa #california #people #leftcoast #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #sfba #streetphotography #abstract #abstractPhotography

This is an abstract black and white photo of a woman crossing a city street while viewed through the overhead power cables for the municipal Trolleybus. San Francisco (2015). In the centre of the image is a lady crossing a city street, she is viewed in profile and walking on a pedestrian crossing from right to left. While she is blurred out of focus, she can be seen wearing a black anorak and dark trousers. Along the right margin of the photo is a row of parked cars, on the left margin and the opposite side of the road is a line of cars facing the camera and waiting for the lady to cross or the lights to change. Framing our lady and in focus are two parallel rows of electrical transmission cables stretching from the base of the image, through the centre and up to the top of the frame overhead the street. Below the centre of the photo is a smaller cable stretched at right angles across the street and with two insulators, is supporting the main cables. Above centre is a metal bar that keeps the parallel cables parallel. Its between the bar and the insulators that the lady is framed in the photo. The location: Stockton Street in San Francisco's Chinatown.
LilMikeSFLilmikesf@c.im
2025-10-19

#NorthAmerica's largest #semiconductor #convention skipped its traditional #MosconeCenter setup in #SanFrancisco this year for first time in decades — and apparently attendees and #ConputerIndustry chip vendors who went to the new #Republican run location where much of their mfg is also moving seemed thrilled and are bummed to hear it's going back to #leftcoast next year

politico.com/news/2025/10/17/t

A tech conference skipped San Francisco this year — and it paid off A banner debut in a different city is raising questions about a permanent move for North America’s largest semiconductor conference, which has long been a San Francisco area mainstay. Silicon Valley's homegrown companies like Intel and Nvidia joined more than 20,000 attendees in Phoenix for SEMICON West — North America’s largest trade conference for the semiconductor industry. | Phoenix Photo by Ross D. Franklin/AP
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-10-16

#ThrowBackThursday

Ancient San Francisco (50 BC +/-)

#AltText #photo #photography #travel #us #usa #travelphotography #sf #sfba #photooftheday #potd #california #bnw #history #historic #sanfrancisco #leftcoast #BlackAndWhite #abstract #monochrome #architecture #blackandwhitephotography

This is an abstract architectural black and white photo in landscape format of replica ancient Roman structures. Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco (2015). In the left foreground are about five Corinthian style columns, all in slight shadow. In the right foreground is a single sunlit column, it's 'flutes' (multiple vertical semi-circular indentations that cover the circumference of the column) clearly in view but with only the middle section being in view. Between the colonnade on the left and the single column on the right is a gap of a few metres with the view of a curved colonnade supporting an ornate curved stone lintel and ending with an equally ornate masonry cube like structure with statues in each corner facing inwards. Above is a jet black clear and cloudless sky. These faux Roman structures are the restored remains of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in the Marina District of San Francisco, California.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-10-08

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

There Is A Body (Surfer) Attached To The Foot...I Think ?

#alttext #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #travelphotography #pacific #california #us #usa #socal #pacificocean #water #surf #surfing #surfer #people #sport #sports #leftcoast #bnw #people #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography

This is a black and white photo in landscape format of the front of a surfboard, the rest is obscured by a breaking wave. Hermosa Beach, California (2014). Rising diagonally from the lower right corner towards the upper left is the calm dark water ahead of a breaking wave. Above and to the left of centre is the front, about one metre, of a white surfboard. It is at right angles to the camera, moving from right to left and angled upwards at a steep angle of about sixty degrees, again towards the camera. A breaking wave obscures the rest of the board, though just forward of the wave, on the board, is the front of a human right foot, angled downwards on the centreline of the surfboard. The rest of the image, moving diagonally to the right is filled with the breaking wave's surf. Other than the foot: nothing else human is visible.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-10-06

#nature #wildlife

It's A Fine Looking Heron - But I Would Of Preferred A Crane

#photo #photography #wildlife #potd #us #photooftheday #alttext #birding #socal #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #naturephotography #heron #california #lariver #la #usa #longbeach #leftcoast

This is a colour, landscape format, photo of a Grey Heron standing on a pier railing on the bank of a river. From the lower right and stretching away from the camera is a flat wooden railing that goes for about two metres where is intersects with another railing thats at right angles and runs parallel to a wide blue river. To the right of centre is our Grey Heron, a long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal bird. The bird is standing rather than perched on the flat wooden railing with its back to the camera, it's long neck retracted and head looking to the left. The bird has a long, sharp, yellowish beak with the eye just behind. The top of the head has a black stripe stretching over the eye and behind the head. The retracted neck is shaped in an 'S' and is white with a yellowish tint in the lower part. The remainder of the feathers are a light grey with some white streaks running fore and aft. The bird has long, grey and scaly legs.To the left of the Heron is a long fishing rod stretching from the lower left corner towards the centre of the image. The far side of the river is heavily blurred out of focus with an uneven line of trees on the bank. In the distant background are a line of about ten gantry cranes (for loading and unloading shipping containers in port) with their booms raised upwards. The location: The LA River, Long Beach, California (2015).

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