Flying over the San Andreas Fault in California

Flying over the San Andreas Fault in California. Note the streams trying to cross the fault, they have to travel a distance with the fault itself as the other side of the stream has moved with the faults progression northward at the rate of about ~1.3 inches a year. Left is the Pacific Plate connected with Hawaii and Japan, and right is the Continental Plate connected to New York and Iceland. View is looking north. Flight with permission of local authorized authorities.