San Onofre

The thing that initially stood out for me was the composition, that perfect capture of the line up the coast right to the edge of the power plant.

The asymmetrical aspect of more of the beach/browns really makes it stand out as well. I've seen plenty of photos where, given this setting people would have gone for a more split down the middle approach which ultimately is less pleasing to the eye.

And it's always a bonus when nature itself pitches in to lend a hand with the clouds that almost form a triangular wedge helping pull the eye down to the main subject of focus. Everything about this photo just pulls the eye directly to the subject.

The clouds, the waves coming inward, the hill sloping downward, coastline snaking toward it and the lights on the facility itself

Which is what I truly enjoy about this photo. The technical aspect aside, the juxtaposition of nature vs decay, pollution, potential disaster has always fascinated me.

A nice sunny coastline shot is nice, but it doesn't provoke much thought aside from maybe "Oh it would be nice to be there."

Images like this make you have to step back and think about the unwitting or worse, uncaring harm that we've done to the world and how little such giant endeavors had much future thought put to them.

An attitude that is thankfully changing as time goes on but this photo, for me personally, makes me ask the question will it be too little too late?