The Golden Gate is the strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. The strait is approximately eight kilometers long and between 1.6 and three kilometers wide. On 1 July 1846, before the discovery of gold in California, the entrance acquired a new name. In his memoirs, John C. Frémont wrote, "To this Gate I gave the name of "Chrysopylae", or "Golden Gate"; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn." Since 1937 it has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge.
| Location | San Francisco (USA) | Subject | Landmark, View, Water |
| Picture name | 7623_IMG_0181.JPG | Picture size | 800x533 pixel, 46,431 bytes |
| Date | Monday, November 12, 2007 | Exposure Time | 1/250 (0.0040 s) |
| Focal Length | 43/1 (43.00 mm) | ISO Speed Ratings | 100 |
| Aperture | f/13.0 | Make | Canon |
| Model | Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL | Exposure Mode | Auto Exposure |
| Exposure Program | Landscape mode |
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