San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge

	San Francisco: Seals at Fisherman´s Wharf

	San Francisco: Downtown with Transamerica Pyramid from Coit Tower

	Redwood NP: "Tall Trees Grove"

	Luffenholtz Creek Point (near Redwood NP)

	Lassen Volcanic NP: "Lassen Peak" (3187m) from the Upper Meadow

	Lassen Volcanic NP: "Bumpass Hell"

	Orange plantation near Fresno

	Kings Canyon NP

	Sequoia NP: "Crystal Cave"

	Sequoia NP: "General Sherman Tree" in the Giant Forest. This monarch bears two honors: It is the Nations´s Christmas Tree, so designated by President Calvin Coolidge in 1926. And it is the country´s only living National Shrine to honour those who haven given their lives for the nation. It recevied this designation in 1956, under President Dwight Eisenhower.

	The "Faithful Couple" is an occasional large Sequoia in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite NP. Here two large trees have fused together at their base but remain clearly separated above.

	Vernal Fall in Yosemite NP drops down the final riser. Spray it generates gives the name for the Mist Trail leading to the fall´s top.

	Death Valley NP has higher temperatures and less rainfall than any place in North America. More than 5 million years ago the Black Mountain and Greenwater Range volcanoes erupted and spewed out cubic miles of lava.

	Las Vegas: The Excalibur

	Grand Canyon NP. This spectacular view into the Inner Gorge was taken from the Desert View Watchtower. The South Rim is at the left-hand side of the picture.

	The Mojave Desert with the Joshua Tree Range in the background.

	In the higher altitude of Joshua Tree NP, the Joshua trees grow into what could almost be called a forest

	Mission Santa Barbara is attributed "Queen of the Missions". It was founded in 1786 and gave its name to the whole city.

	Half Moon Bay on the Pacific Coast