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Let’s say you want to improve the Wikipedia page for Clayton Indiana with an aerial photograph. Feel free to use the one above. That’s why I shot it, posted it, and licensed it permissively. It’s also why I put a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, education, Photography, Places
Tagged aerial, Geography, Photography, sony a7iv
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Colors of salt
Before the salt in evaporating sea water turns white, it goes through stages of color that range from jade green to brick red, with variations of orange, yellow and other colors. From above the salt ponds around San Francisco Bay … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Places, Travel
Tagged "salt ponds", "San Francisco Bay", "United Airlines", aerial, aviation, bos-sfo, flight, salt, salt pond, sfo, ual, windowseat, windowshot
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Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge fly-by
The shot above, made on Sunday out the window of a plane on approach to Las Vegas, comes three and a half years after this shot, which I took from the ground at Hoover Dam. Here’s a whole set of … Continue reading
Posted in Past, Photography, Places, Travel
Tagged aerial, Arizona Geology, aviation, Colrado River, Geology, Hoover Dam Bypass, Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
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Looking over St. Louis
Got these shots of St. Louis and the convergence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers while flying to Austin by way of Chicago two Fridays ago. You can see the Gateway Arch, right of center, Busch Stadium, the Edward Jones … Continue reading
Posted in Geology, infrastructure, Photography, Places, Sports, Travel
Tagged 2008_03_13, aerial, bos-ord-aus, Busch Stadium, Canon Powershot 850is, City Museum, eads, Eads Bridge, Edward Jones Dome, Gateway Arch, Illinois, infrastructure, Martin Luther King Bridge, mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Photography, Poplar Street Bridge, St. Louis, ual, united, united arilines, windowseat, windowshot
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Going from San Francisco
Got some nice shots of San Francisco and Marin on Sunday, as we flew off to Chicago on the first leg of the trip home from Thanksgiving in California. Actually, my kid shot most of them, since he had the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fun, Geology, Photography, Places, Travel
Tagged "Mt. Tam", "Mt. Tamalpias", 2008_11_30, aerial, Photography, sfo-ord, Tamalpias, windowseat, windowshot
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Whetlands
These are a few among the many salt ponds that ring the south end of San Francisco Bay. Once considered and agricultural innovation and an economic boom, the practice of “reclaiming” wild wetlands for industrial purposes is now considered ecologically … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Geology, Health, infrastructure, Life, Photography, Politics, problems, Science
Tagged "salt ponds", "San Francisco Bay", aerial, approach, Cargill, descent, environment, flight, salt, wetlands
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