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Nine volcanic peaks march in an almost-straight line from Morro Bay inland to San Luis Obispo — the Nine Sisters

The Trona Pinnacles are an odd field of over 500 tufa towers in the Mojave Desert

Morro Rock is the western end of the chain

rise like columns in a living cathedral

McWay Falls Frame Color:Black Nine volcanic peaks march inMcWay Falls drops 80 feet from the cliff above into the cove below Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur one of the only two waterfalls in California that fall directly onto a beach. The cove itself isn't accessible; there's no legal trail down. Tom shoots from the public overlook on the bluff above, the falls landing onto the sand and the swell rolling in turquoise behind.