Nature illuminated
The magic begins as the sun sets, reflecting off the bay waters and illuminating Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont. The “golden hour” is a photographer’s favorite palette as the setting sun bathes the hills, the marshes, the animals and the visitors in warm light. The deer emerge, silhouetted against the sky.
Sunset illuminates a resting Great Egret at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, the dying light throwing the park’s hills into relief.
A California scrub-jay takes off from a branch along the Quail Trail at Coyote Hills Regional Park on Nov. 29.
Hikers take in the view of the San Francisco Bay at sunset from Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, the fading sun glowing off the water on Dec. 27.
A pair of deer walks together after sunset at Coyote Hills Regional Park, their silhouettes cast against the sky.
Two different species of lichens grow on a rock at Coyote Hills Regional Park on Dec. 1.
Northern Shoveler ducks look for food in one of the marshes at Coyote Hills Regional Park on Nov. 29.