Golden Gate Bridge Turns 72, May 27, Happy Birthday

One of my favorite bridges ...

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Just another foggy day on Baker Beach, but it's always beautiful.

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It's amazing. It's all that I can say.

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Things are looking up!

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Shot high above the city of San Francisco, this image was captured on an uncharacteristically warm and clear night in the Bay Area. This image and others shot by Joe Ercoli can be seen at http://www.anvilimage.com.

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Last year myself and a friend embarked on a 3month backpacking trip around the USA, New Zealand and Australia. This image was taken on our 1st night in San Francisco after having spent a few hours driving around scouting for a good location. We were lucky enough to find a nice, quiet spot by the Pier and waited for the sun to set. It was definitely a memorable city and one of our favourite stops on the trip.

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I took this with my iPhone. i walked across the bridge for the first time with my friend. I recently moved here, in January of 2009.
I love this bridge. I can't believe it took me so long to finally visit it!

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I am a Golden Gate Bridge fan. I traveled to the Bay area on May 6 and took this photo traveling across the bridge. It was a beautiful clear day that made me grateful to be experiencing the bridge.

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This photo was taken December 2009 during a cloudy and rainy day.......who would have thought?!

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This photo was taken just before sunset on the Sausalito side of the S.F. bay. Noone told us how cold the breeze off the Pacific would be! What a sight!

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Took this photo while driving, probably not the wisest things I've ever done, but i did get a few cool pics :)

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A bridge with attitude...........

Happy Birthday, GG Bridge! Your 50th seems like just yesterday.

I shoot with a Holga camera, and have been trying to get decent images of the Golden Gate Bridge for years! These are the first ones to acutally come out, thanks for including them. - Charlotte

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I am glad that somebody besides myself finds these pictures of the bridge of some use . Thanks.

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I remember taking this sometime in the month of August. I couldn't believe how windy and cold it was up there.

P.S. Thank you, Tina, for asking me to include this photo in your story. Otherwise, I would have not discovered this awesome web community!

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I was lucky enough to be driving back toward the city during a full moon-rise; amazing view!

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It takes my breath away every time I see it.

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I grew up in Marin County, and after 54 years, never tire of the wonderful views while crossing the bridge, including, of course, of the great bridge itself.

I took the attached image a couple of years ago the first time I took my twin boys, age four at the time, for a walk on the bridge. It was a warm, glorious October day, and I could remember some of my earliest excursions on the bridge with my own, late father, who was an architect who enjoyed telling me and my siblings stories about the bridge and its history.

As a child I also remember when the auto toll was something like 35 cents (or was it 15?) and my dad sometimes let us reach out of the window and toss it into the red screen bins!

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I took this photo during a walk across the bridge with a friend I'd finally gotten to visit me in San Francisco. It was one of those rare beautiful sunny days when you actually can see the city. The clouds were racing overhead and I liked the way the lines of the bridge came in and out of focus through the wisps. Also wanted to capture all those rivets - the bridge amazes me with its engineering every time I see it up close.

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There's a typo in the above copy. ..."the long span suspension bridge turns 27"... That should be 72. Also in he third paragraph, "Bridge was first opened on May 27, 2009..." you got the year wrong. You really may want to proof read before posting.

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This phot was taken my my Grilfriend during my 1 year internship in San Franciso. The place will live with me forever, and one day I will return. Tom from the UK

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This bridge is one heck of a landmark! I just had to take a picture of it.

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Thanks for looking.

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