Category: Water

  • Sitting on Tragedy

    When I was doing work with “water, urban development, and the West,” I wanted to visit the San Francisquito Dam which failed catastrophically in 1928. My colleague and I had each picked up a stray piece of concrete as a souvenir. Before we left we felt like we should just leave it behind with the…

  • What Happens When You Are Waiting for Sunset

    I was on a ship in the Hawaiian Islands waiting to get a good sunset shot (none were actually good). However this throw away shot turned out to be one of my favorites (Hawaii, 2008)

  • Lazy Seals in the Bay

    Whenever I see seals on the shore (or on the docks) I am amazed at their lack of need for personal space (San Francisco, 2003)

  • Part of my Dam Year

    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)