Quebec City at Night
A beautiful city best shows itself at twilight. The lamps and window lights come on just before the sky gives up its job of illuminating man’s creations. The air cools … Read more
A beautiful city best shows itself at twilight. The lamps and window lights come on just before the sky gives up its job of illuminating man’s creations. The air cools … Read more
We’re attending the Adventure Elevate Travel conference in Saguenay, Quebec now. As part of the welcome, they took the attendees on various tours of the area. You could sign up … Read more
The highly polished lobby of the old Union Train Station near downtown Omaha, Nebraska is now the reception area of the new Durham Museum of the history of Omaha. I … Read more
I’d never been to Lincoln when it wasn’t football season. So I was cheered to find that the weekend we had chosen to visit was the time of the annual … Read more
When you visit Paris, there are just so many images than present themselves. It probably doesn’t make much sense to try to make some organic whole of them, unless you’re … Read more
Driving through Southern California, including roadside attractions, oddball art and museums, and popular mid-century Palm Springs architecture.
Salvation Mountain is the creation of Leonard Knight who, the legend says, had a vision. A folk art masterpiece in California’s Salton Sea desert.
East Jesus, east of the Salton Sea in Southern California, is a museum. But it’s unlike any museum you’ve seen before. It’s what most people think of as an art installation, an art oasis, or a performance space. East Jesus calls its exhibit space an “Art Garden.”
Why are desert sunsets so beautiful? Desert sunsets, like this one at Keys View at Joshua Tree National Park, are particularly red due to the dryness of the air. Moist air tends to scatter light more. Also, deserts tend to have cleaner air, and therefore allow the light a more direct path to the eye, making the color more dramatic.
I was thinking about setting up to make just this shot when I noticed that my fellow camper Josh (or was it Michael?) had already put a lantern in his … Read more