Some Pictures from my Trips

Here is a collection of black & white and color pictures I took here and there during some of my trips, mainly California.

I am just starting using a scanner, so indulge a bit the quality of some of these pictures. I will update them as I get more skilled in scanning pictures.

MONUMENT VALLEY: Totem Pole

Totem Pole taken from the road that runs throught the National Navajo Indians Reservation which contains Monument Valley.

GRAND CANYON: South Rim view

View of Grand Canyon from the South Rim before sunset.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK: Mirror Lake

A view of the mountains reflecting in Mirror Lake, well, actually what remains of it.

WASHINGTON D.C.: Washington Memorial

A view of Washington Memorial taken while walking away from the White House.

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK: The road

Road among Joshua trees at sunset.

STANFORD CAMPUS: After the football match !

Sometimes, after a football match you can find some strange thing left over on the field near the football stadium.

STANFORD CAMPUS: Dead oak tree of California

Dead oak trees have often weirdly shaped branches. This one is on the dish hill behind the campus.

LOS ANGELES: Mural on Venice beach

One of the famous mural on Venice beach.

THIN SECTION OF ROCKS:

A crystal showing some metamorphism.

THIN SECTION OF ROCK:

Colorful section of a magmatic rock.