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A
panoramic
view of
Fort Baker
, a former
United States Army
post located across the
Golden Gate
from
San Francisco
,
California
, with
Angel Island
and
sea fog
in the background. Fort Baker was one of a number of military installations on the U.S. Pacific Coast built for
seacoast defense
. The
U.S. government
acquired the land in 1866, and the fort was used by Army units until 2000.
Photo:
Mila Zinkova
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