We had a quick, strong burst of north wind which made the visibility here in San Diego much, much further than normal. San Clemente island sits only 70ish miles off the coast of La Jolla but you can rarely ever see it. So when I noticed how visible the island was around sunset(2/16/12), I jumped into action. What I wound up doing was lining my iPhone up with a pair of binoculars and the results weren’t bad. The first is of north coronado island. The second is point loma, and the third is of San Clemente island. San Clemente has some spots too! It’s so close yet so far away.