Marin Headlands

Just north of San Francisco are the Marin Headlands. This area was first fortified in the times of the big gold rush. There was the danger that confederates would try to steal the gold from the San Francisco Mint. Later in WW1 and WW2 and the cold war these positions were further fortified and extended. A large system of bunkers, missel sites and storage facilities are every where in this hilly areal. These are some of my first pictures to try to captures this.

Missel Base security Fence... in the cold war I would have been shot on sight. Also I stood on a former Mine field when I was taking this shot.
nike bay San Francisco army missel fence security
Beach Bunker.
bunker army fortress marin headlands
End of the line... this road was stopped by a land spil
bunker bay san francisco army old
Stop this road ends ...
road end
Modern Cave Man Paintings.. in a military battery supply tunnel ... cave is cave I guess.
This is a socket that was once holding a mighty canon .. now it is rusting away and filled with rain water.
A cut cable in the middle of nature ....
A bunker entrance I found ... holds an old fuel or gas tank deep underground. The room is partially flooded and it's very hard to take there any pictures.
Sunset in the head lands...
A forgotten flight of stairs that lead to a bunker with 6 rooms over 2 levels.
... the narrow passage ...
A plant is growing into the building through the window. Did almost no PS on this one.. spooky!
I painted the shadows of the bamboo and other grasses with my flashlights onto the walls to have graffiti next to it.
Deep in the bunker. The cables look like mystic hands going to grab you. The paint is falling off and it is pitch dark.
An ancient looking piece of newspaper left on the floor deep under the surface ... how long it has been here?