Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive
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Category: Urban
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A surprise encounter with a Monarch butterfly having a grand time at the beach. (Fox Point, Wisconsin,, 2025)
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Up until this year, Niagara was the most impressive falls I had seen. It’s been a number of years since I’ve been there, but was always impressed by the stories surrounding the falls as much as the falls themselves. (Niagara Falls, New York, 2000)
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It had been a very rainy winter in Arizona and the reservoirs had filled to capacity and water would be released into the Salt River for the first time in several years. and would arrive in Tempe on New Years Eve around noon. The line of garbage marks the leading edge of the water. (Tempe,…
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One of my last days in Iceland I went up in Hallgrímskirkja to catch some last views of the city and the surrounding islands and mountains. (Reykjavik, Iceland, 2024)
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After living in Iceland we have adopted some of the Icelandic Christmas traditions–including Jólakötturinn, the Christmas Cat. Getting socks for Christmas is an important thing. (Reykjavik, Iceland 2024)
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I was having lunch with a friend the other day and she was talking about going up in the lighthouse for the solstice. As I was listening to her I realized I lived across the harbor from the lighthouse and I had never climbed up it–but I have a number of photos, (Kenosha, Wisconsin, 2012)
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When I’m asked about the winter darkness in Iceland I tell people that it looks the same as darkness anywhere else. It’s the daylight that becomes special. I took a lunchtime walk along the harbor in late December. It was unplanned. I had come out of a meeting and the city was just so lovely…
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There were a number of good slides in that box from Kathleen’s dad. This is what it looked like long before “Men in Black.” (New York, New York 1964)
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Kathleen took this one, but it is excellent. We had just had a quick snowfall with very cold temperatures. Lake Michigan steamed like the Gordon Lightfoot song said. (Kenosha, Wisconsin 2013)
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A few years ago I was visiting a friend in London. He has a flat overlooking Regent’s Park. He walked me along Regent’s Canal to King’s Cross so I could catch my train. The revived landscape along the old industrial canal was fascinating–and I have to go back. Recently I watched episodes of Slow Horses…
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