Month: May 2010

  • Atlantis: The last flight.

    We watched the last launch of the shuttle Atlantis from a park in Titusville, FL.  We were about 12 miles away from the launch pad but the experience was awesome.


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Return to the Painted Desert: PART VI

    ...Continued...


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Return to the Painted Desert: PART V

    ...Continued...


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Return to the Painted Desert: PART IV

    It was mostly overcast but I managed to get some blue into the sky at times.


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Return to the Painted Desert: PART III

    The colors in this part of the world never seizes to amaze me which is why I am posting so many of the photos I took.


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    One may ask what the source of the dark stones was...

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    ...because they are completely out of place but if one turns around the culprit is not far away...


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Return to the Painted Desert: PART II

    The Painted Desert is an area rich in color and texture. Over the eons layers with different minerals built up one after the other. Geological movement churned and mixed layers which eroded at different rates, all working together to produce the landscapes  that I believe to be unparalleled anywhere. It would be excellent if you would disagree with me because that would give me an excuse to disappear on another photo expedition...


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    Celebrating the Light fantastic...

  • Return to the Painted Desert: PART I

    I started my vacation by flying to Las Vegas, rented a car there and took a flight over the Painted Desert, then we traveled to Death Valley, Yosemite, San Francisco, Big Sur, Majave Desert and then returned to the Painted Desert. If you did not see the Painted Desert from the air please follow this link:
    http://maartenventer.xanga.com/tags/thepainteddesert/


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    Las Vegas - a view of the Strip as Las Vegas Boulevard is known


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    Colors abound in the Painted Desert


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    It all depends on the light


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Calico, CA.: PART V

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    Skeeter brought the buggy you requested, Denise


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    As I walked back to the car...


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    ...again I looked at the rocks and again realized the wonder of our world
     
    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Calico, CA.: PART IV

    When you get to the last photo, spare a thought for the husbands who "... blow the budget on lavish un-necessities"


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    Don't forget to go before you go...


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...

  • Calico, CA.: PART III

    We were lucky to have visited Calico on that day because the dust storm created some mood in the landscape pictures that would have been missing on an ordinary day.


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    Celebrating the Light Fantastic...