Distorted Space (Needle)

The Space Needle distorted by EMP

Borders

South

North

Memorial

Old Glory presides over this somber memorial

Memorial wall

From the outside

Images taken August 26, 2010.
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Funicular

Angels Flight (or Angel's Flight) is a landmark funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles, California.

Station at the top.

Track and Trestle.

Empty car at the top.

Empty car on the way up.

Interior.

More information [Wikipedia].

Disney Concert Hall Inside Outside

This exterior shot is deep inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall building.
Full Exterior Shot

Bradbury Building

The Historic Bradbury Building of Los Angeles.
More information [wikipedia]
 

Autumn Begins Again

Sax

Let me Bee

Step into my Parlor

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Banyan

Diamond Head

Diamond Head aerial. Lighthouse is visible in lower-right quadrant.
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Diamond Head Lighthouse.

Water on Mars

Starry Night's Dream

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Rugged Terrain

Mountain ridges east of Yosemite towards evening.

Rooster Rock Fire in the Sunset

Rooster Rock Fire and South Sister viewed from 37,000'
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Incident information [inciweb]


Smoke plume. Some flames can be discerned in the full-resolution.
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South Sister

South Sister Volcano, Oregon

Hyatt

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Atrium

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Suspension Span

Illuminated in the waning daylight, the suspension portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge spans the gap between San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island.

Golden Spike

Sunset light illuminates the Transamerica Tower in San Francisco, CA. Lights receding into the distance line the pier from which this picture was taken.

Bellevue from Lake Washington

Bellevue skyline seen from Lake Washington

Shasta

Mt. Shasta from 39,000'

Boating Season

A warm, sunny weekend after many days of rain and everyone is on the lake.

Finally Sunshine

Sunshine after the rain
Mist rising from the puddles
People strolling through

Morning Surf

Start the morning in the gentle surf.

Stainless in Seattle

"Split"
(Stainless Steel Tree)
Roxy Paine [Wikipedia]
Olympic Sculpture Park [Seattle Art Museum]
Seattle, WA

Sea of Color

Colorful Display at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

April Showers bring ... April Flowers?

Newly opened tulips after a brisk spring rain.

Spring in Southern California

Rainfall far in excess of seasonal norms has hillsides in Southern California blooming. Here are a few images from a short hike in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Flying Fish

Alaska Airlines "Salmon Thirty Salmon" theme aircraft.

Tern, tern, tern... (by the birds)

To Everything (Tern, Tern, Tern)
There is a season (Tern, Tern, Tern)

A Wheel with a View

Sliver

A delicate sliver moon graces the sky.
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Foucault Pendulum

Foucault pendulum [Wikipedia] at the Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California.


A closer view showing a rack of pegs that get moved by the spike beneath the ball as the earth rotates, changing the pendulum's effective angle.

Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory

Salty Embrace

Found these in a booth on Venice Beach.
Web site for more information.