While I was out on my “Dam Tour” I was near Death Valley. Although this is an iconic sign the real magic in the image was the amount of vegetation (and flowers). There had been a lot of rain that year. (Death Valley, California, 2005)
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I was on sabbatical working at Arizona State and my research group was looking at water use in the Valley. I made a few trips to dams and Roosevelt Dam was my favorite (Tonto National Forest, 2004)
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This is the old family farmhouse in Michigan. I took this photo in color, but it looked better when I transformed it to black and white. (Whitmore Lake, Michigan 1986)
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If you saw the post earlier this month–I was walking toward the Ganges. The students and I were great entertainment for the crowd. (Haridwar, India, 2009)
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I had a 14 hour flight and arrived late at night and crashed. When I woke up this was my view. I was starving and was hoping the breakfast downstairs was good. I had to linger at the window a bit longer. The breakfast was good (Doha, Qatar 2016)
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Contrary to popular belief, I was working during sabbatical. This was the view from my office on one of my early morning writing moments. (Punta Gorda, Florida 2015)
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We were having a meeting that day about a research project when the director said–let’s all go for a walk. It wound up being a long and beautiful walk through downtown and the harbor, (Chicago, 2016)
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I was crossing the desert between Albuquerque and Phoenix on US 60 when I suddenly found myself feeling a bit like a science fiction character. I accidentally stumbled on The Very Large Array. I got to stop in for a visit. (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, New Mexico, 2005)
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We all have bad days. This was someone else’s. The driver misjudged (or perhaps ignored) the garage height clearance. They removed the van by letting all the air out of the tires and rolling it out. (Shorewood, Wisconsin, 2012)
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Sometimes we meet people who have had a transformative impact on the world. When you meet them, you are never quite the same. Meeting Fernando Cardinal, SJ was one of those moments. (Managua, Nicaragua 2007)
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