Palm Trees and Sea Spray

A clean wave breaking off a San Diego shore, palm-lined bluff behind. The trees are Mexican fan palms — Washingtonia robusta — endemic to Baja California and Sonora, not native to California but planted in long lines along Southern California's coast since the early twentieth century. They've become so synonymous with San Diego that it's easy to forget they're imports. Luis framed it low to the swell — wave, palms, and onshore mist all settling into a single line of horizon.