Someone asked if I had any pictures of San Francisco (having no idea what he was getting into) so here's one taken from the Oakland Ferry as it cut under the Bay Bridge.

Lake at Ber Juan park.

Falling Water / Fallen Leaf
Looks too good to be true.

Paper snowflakes at sunset.

These two I'll post together, since they were taken at the same time in the light of a Christmas tree. Notice the similarity between the birds here and in the previous post.

I went home to Rolla this past week for almost 6 whole days....! It was actually quite enjoyable, though I didn't take any pictures. Instead I'll commemorate this occasion with pictures of Rolla taken at various other times, starting with this one in our kitchen window.

Yosemite, near Bridalveil falls. I think I succeeded with a bit of a postcard look here, although the contrast is a little high.

The 2005 Stanford Solar Car - 'Solstice'
In honor of the Stanford Solar Car team, which just took first place in the stock class of the North American Solar Challenge. And beating Cal by 25 minutes in the process!
http://www.stanford.edu/group/solarcar/blog.htm
http://nasc2005.americansolarchallenge.org/index.html

And... more boats.

More Boats

Fishing boats in Punta Mita, Mexico: northern part of Banderas Bay, Puerto Vallarta.

Yes, I think that this cow, smarter than most, was attracted to this restaurant for a reason.
Taken in Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Spring break was a while ago, but I scanned some of the best photos only recently. Here's a shot of late afternoon on the beach.

Another Rolla Fence
Oh how we love our fences in the Midwest...

My roommate... I love the light in this one!

Photofriday: Silky


Is this picture cliche? I don't really care. I was there. And it's always amazing what happens when water mixes with sand.

I took this photograph about a month ago, just days before leaving Stanford. The campus is extremely beautiful... so much so that it's been photographed from every angle, and most of the pictures I took over my four years there ended up feeling recycled.

But I'm pleased that in my last few days I was able to get in at least one image that feels moderately unique. It's a familiar scene, but perhaps it's the colors or the vantage point that make it somehow more dynamic than the standard "view of the quad" shot.

Fence in Early Fall























Taken in Rolla, MO. Early fall, 2000.

Kite Flying Spring at Stanford

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Barcelona, at La Sagrada Familia