Aerial view of San Andreas fault, Point Reyes, California. Tomales Bay, the elongate, NW-trending bay in the center of this photo, follows the trace of the San Andreas fault. To the right (northeast) of the fault, the North American Plate is moving southeastward; to the left (southwest) of the fault, the Pacific plate is moving northwestward.

 

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