Camera Obscura
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Camera Obscura
Sitting on the cliffs near Lands End and the Sutro Baths ruins in the Outer Richmond neighborhood is the Camera Obscura, also known as the “Giant Camera.”
The large-scale installation and tiny museum feature a working camera obscura, one of a few in the world. The device uses technology dating back to the Renaissance to reflect images of the beachfront outside.
The Camera Obscura was built in the 1940s as part of the Playland at the Beach amusement park which once stood on these grounds. It was almost shut down twice when the amusement park shut down and again when the Cliff House restaurant was slated for renovations.
Address: 1096 Point Lobos Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121
