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Retired software engineer who grew up in Montana, went to Montana State College in Bozeman, and moved to California to work at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). Carto's Logbook is about photography, travel and adventure; Mt. Maurice Times is tall tales mostly biographical; Carto's Library is about books I've read and liked.

Atop— Golden Gate Park

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Looking South from the Hamon Tower in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

A panoramic view toward the South shows the Music Concourse of Golden Gate Park and the roof garden of the California Academy of Science with Sutro Tower standing tall atop the mountain in the background.

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Dale Chihuly’s Saffron Tower rises from the patio of the De Young Museum, 2008.

When this shot was taken, the famed glass artist Chihuly was on exhibit and a yellow tower of glass was installed in the patio beneath the De Young Museum Tower.

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Bloggers this week are looking down on the world: WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, Atop.