Category: Monument
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Jacques Marquette, SJ is one of the key figures in Great Lakes History. In the late 17th Century he traveled with indigenous tribes of the region as a missionary from France. He helped expand knowledge of the region and establish relationships with local groups. He is one of my inspirations as a geographer. Not only…
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This is one of my favorite “cheesy tourist photos.” As a geographer, standing at the prime meridian is a thing. Standing at the prime meridian at Greenwich is more of a thing. I was also with my favorite traveling companion. (Greenwich, England, 2015)
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I took a detour to visit the Manzanar War Relocation Center where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It was a quiet, cool, sunny day. There was an eerie silence about the place. It left me unsettled. (Inyo County, California, 2006)
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When I visited the Trinity Site I found out that I could also visit the nearby Very Large Array. It was a moment to geek out like I did at Arecibo. Well worth the trip out into the desert. (Socorro County, New Mexico, 2005)
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My visit to the Trinity Nuclear Site was a unique day and hard to schedule in.. Since it is an active missile range, you can only visit the site the first Saturday in April and October. I was determined to get there and waited in a line of cars at 7 am, I recommend the…
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I was walking with others and shooting the murals as I could–didn’t have time to pause and look at them. I shot this, but didn’t pay attention at the time. In the quiet of my office this morning I paused and looked at the names of the fallen bomberos from La Boca and remembered them.…
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Got to stand at the southern edge of the tropics. For the photo on my desk, I removed the four people behind me from the image. Here, I need to be more real. (near Huacalera in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina, 2025)
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Sometimes you just have to stop for the photo op. (US 31, Western Michigan, 2013)
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When I go back to places I like to do some re-photography. In this case my spring 2015 trip photo is re-imaged in the summer. Still a stunning place with so much human history. (Edinburgh, Scotland, 2018)
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro was commissioned by Charles I in 1539 it has stood over San Juan Harbor ever since. It has seen plenty of battles with the English and Dutch. The US shelled the structure in 1898. During World War II new concrete artillery observation posts (seen above) and an underground bunker were…
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