The Jagged Edge

SunsetVol. 214 Nbr. 6, June 2005

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The world's wildest places do not ordinarily sit in the backyards of its most populous cities, but the Farallon Islands, an archipelago of 10 rocky islets 27 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, are anything but ordinary. Casey describes these teeming islands, which is called by Coast Miwok Indians as "Islands of the Dead."

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The Jagged Edge

The world's wildest places do not ordinarily sit in the backyards of its most populous cities, but the Farallon Islands, an archipelago of 10 rocky islets 27 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, are anything but ordinary. Visitors approaching by boat have been known to gasp when they first glimpse the islands jutting abruptly from the Pac...

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