Santa Monica Pier with Malibu Mountains from Santa Monica Beach Los Angeles California

I really love the mountain backdrop of this coastline so I decided to highlight it with a telephoto shot. It's a really busy beach, especially on labor day, so it took some patience to get a shot without people in the foreground, which was my intent.

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