India Basin

India Basin


Here are pics and a couple of short videos from Sunday's visit to India Basin Open Space, which is slated for development.  Groundbreaking is scheduled to begin this month, so we are making it a priority to keep visiting this place when we are in San Francisco as long as it's still an undeveloped open space to enjoy in undisturbed solitude.


Looking down the gated-off street toward the trailhead.





Before too long this will be under construction for mixed-use housing/retail.





Hawksbeard.





Evidence of an impromptu fireworks show.





Big ships riding at anchor in the Bay, waiting for their turn in the Port of Oakland: Vehicle carrier Glovis Sigma; Ocean Network Express container ship; and oil tanker Emarat Dubai Brilliance.









The Bay Trail will still be here, unaffected by the upcoming construction.





Looking north toward downtown San Francisco.





Fishing boat Sole-Man.





Tiny boat, big ship.





Wild radish.





Alkali heath is commonly found around the edges of San Francisco Bay, growing in salt marshes and alkali flats.





A sedum of some sort (I think).





A buckeye blossom, with nascent buckeye pods developing.





A ubiquitous western fence lizard.





Another look at the Bay before heading home.





A peek into a tidepool (no audio).  The little critters bopping around are water boatmen.





Crab's-eye view of waves coming into the shore.




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