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- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
- Canada’s next supergroup – A Short Walk to Pluto
- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
- Albuquerque is a national leader in water conservation
- The buzz about America’s “bee-friendly” cities
- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
- New Mexico’s protected wildlife areas along the Rio Grande
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Tag Archives: photos
The many moods of the Sandia Mountains in a single day
Yesterday (July 26th), we were treated to a spectacular display of the many moods (or faces) of the majestic Sandia Mountains here in metropolitan Albuquerque, New Mexico. As the series of photos below demonstrate, this beautiful mountain range can display … Continue reading
Posted in deserts, ecosystems, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, natural history, nature, pictures, topography, tourism, Travel, weather
Tagged Albuquerque, Clouds, geography, mountain, New Mexico, photos, rainbow, Sandia Mountains, weather
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TC’s totally cool downtown “Art Banner Project”
Walk, bike, or drive around downtown Traverse City and you will soon see one of the enormous art banners hanging from the walls of some of the buildings. Brainchild of retired Art Department Chair of Northwestern Michigan College, Paul Welch, … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, cities, civics, Communications, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, fun, history, land use, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged art, art banners, banners, cities, downtown, photos, placemaking, planning, Traverse City
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No place better on Earth than “Up North” in the summertime
We spent the past week in Mother Earth’s idyllic playground – also known as the Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan, centered around Traverse City. I have yet to find a photograph or painting that adequately depicts the visual beauty and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Canada, cities, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, historic preservation, history, holiday, land use, nature, pictures, placemaking, recreation, spatial design, sports, States, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Travel, UK, walking, Wildlife
Tagged Adirondacks, Boundary Waters, Canada, Finger Lakes, fun, geography, Georgian Bay, history, Lake District, Lake Michigan, lakes, Michigan, Northwoods, photos, scenery, topography, tourism, travel, Traverse City, UK
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Fotos de San Antonio
I love San Antonio! We spent half of a long six-day weekend in this captivating city and fell in love with its beauty, charm, history, people, cuisine, diverse cultures, architecture, arts, and many, many other countless attributes. Needless to say, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, commerce, Cuisine, culture, downtown, entertainment, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Language, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged arts, cities, culture, diversity, fun, historic preservation, history, land use, Mexico, missions, photographs, photos, pictures, planning, San Antonio, Spain, tourism, travel
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Eerie winter images of an abandoned mall
Check out this weblink to wintry post-apocalyptic images of an abandoned shopping mall (Rolling Acres Mall) near Akron, Ohio. The photos were taken by photographer Johnny Joo. The mall opened in 1975 and the last stores closed in 2013. It … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, consumerism, economic development, economic gardening, film, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, movies, pictures, planning, spatial design, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, Akron, civics, conditions, Dr. Zhivago, film, history, land use, movies, permits, photos, planning, redevelopment, retail, Rolling Acres Malls, shopping malls, urban planning, zoning
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Volcanic Earth eye-candy
Here’s a marvelous satellite photograph of the awakening volcano on Cape Verde’s Fogo Island from last month. Kudos to NASA for the great pic!
Posted in aerospace, Astronomy, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, nature, Outer Space, pictures, Science
Tagged Cape Verde, Fogo, geography, geology, photos, satellite images, volcanoes
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Earth acne amid equatorial glaciers
Below is a satellite image of the Grasberg Mine amid the snowy high peaks of far eastern Indonesia. To the right of the mine itself are several glaciers. Hopefully neither the existing mine and/or any future extension(s) will harm the … Continue reading
An image of human-made Earth acne
The image below is a satellite photograph of the Cananea Copper Mine in the northern Mexico state of Sonora. As the old adage states, “a picture says a thousand words.” In this case, most of those words would be negative. … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, aerospace, cities, environment, geography, Geology, globalization, government, health, history, Labor, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, North America, pictures, politics, pollution, visual pollution
Tagged Cananea, copper, ecology, environment, geography, geology, government, health, inaction, labor, land use, Mexico, mining, photos, politics, pollution, safety
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“Say cheese!” – Cities with the most surveillance cameras
Ever felt like someone was watching you? Well, the following list of the cities with the most raw number of surveillance cameras was prepared by Vin Tech in 2011 and was updated to include projected 2012 numbers for Chongqing, China. … Continue reading
Posted in China, cities, civics, civility, Communications, Europe, film, government, human rights, humanity, North America, pictures, Statistics, UK
Tagged cameras, cities, civil liberties, human rights, humanity, photos, security, surveillance
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Anatomy of a perfect sunset
The sunset yesterday evening (Saturday, Sept. 27th) at Lake Wawasee, Indiana had to be one of the most spectacular ever seen here at the lake or anywhere else for that matter. Below is a progressive series of ten photos I … Continue reading
Posted in art, environment, fun, geography, nature, peace, pictures
Tagged climate, environment, geography, Indiana, Lake Wawasee, nature, photos, pictures, sunsets, weather
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