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Huge Kites, At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival

Overview Of All The Huge Kites
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A fish-eyed lens was used to capture this overview of the center corral where all the huge kites were flown.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 15.97" N, 122° 19' 8.36" W   •  (Photo taken 12:51:54 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B13_6828
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Man Launched A Big Fish
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A man was just adjusting one of two cords holding down a giant fish kite.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 15.97" N, 122° 19' 8.36" W   •  (Photo taken 12:54:35 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B13_6837
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A Really Big Dog
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A really big dog kite flew near to the ground and moved in such a way that it appeared to be bounding across the dirt.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 15.97" N, 122° 19' 8.36" W   •  (Photo taken 12:54:39 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #b13_6838
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A Big Spinning Kite
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A really big spinning kite flew high over the crowds and spun majestically around its central axis.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 15.97" N, 122° 19' 8.36" W   •  (Photo taken 12:54:47 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B13_6840
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A Huge Abstract Kite
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A huge abstract kite flew high and to one side of the octopuses.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 15.97" N, 122° 19' 8.36" W   •  (Photo taken 12:54:52 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B13_6842
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Huge Octopus Kites
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The traditional centerpiece to the Berkeley Kite Festival was a group of huge octopus kites.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 15.32" N, 122° 19' 8.33" W   •  (Photo taken 12:55:51 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B13_6845
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A Megafoil Kite
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An industrial kite use to haul up and hold things such as radio aerials.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 17.08" N, 122° 19' 10.03" W   •  (Photo taken 12:57:54 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B13_6848
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All The Ocotpi
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A side view showing all six octopus kites with two other kites included.

Huge Kites   •  At The 2013 Berkeley Kite Festival external link   •  Held in Caesar Chavez State Park external link   •  Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California   •  37° 52' 19.12" N, 122° 19' 11.90" W   •  (Photo taken 13:07:57 Sunday 28 July 2013)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 4 July 2013)   •  © 2013 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B13_6857
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