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Vasquez Rock near Los Angeles, CA

This spot is used as background in lots of movies and TV shows. Wikipedia has a long list.
Most of the other visitors just drove up, posed in front of the big rocks, and drove away, but there were some nice walking trails so I hung around for awhile. I was feeling a little protective of my right ankle, or I would've tried getting even higher on the rocks. One family with some small children were having a great time running up the inclines..

I saw these rocks from the interstate and then found out what they were called and drove by.

You can see why lots of movies used this as an alien backdrop.

You can see the attraction.

These rocks are less steep but stlll impressive.

Do you see the white guano streaks? I got close enough to get a better photo (see next).

I don't know what big birds lived here - eagles? buzzards?

So pretty.

I liked this trio: stick, white, pink.

I'm starting to like white flowers more, for some reason.

This was one of those haircuts that got much better in two weeks...

Imagine living with those rocks as your front yard!