USA September 2000

Additionally some maps (from MapQuest) are available:

• San Francisco Bay Area (original)
• Southern desert area: Nevada, Utah, Arizona (original)
• Washington DC area (original)

• San Francisco, California
  • Alcatraz Island
  • Golden Gate Bridge
  • Golden Gate Bridge, a few minutes later
  • Sea lions, Pier 39
  • Wile E Coyote, Pier 39
  • TransAmerica Pyramid
  • Mission Dolores, built in 1776 and the oldest surviving building in the city
  • Sather Tower, University of California, Berkeley
  • Mark Lacy, my DPhil supervisor

• Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
  • Valley of Fire
  • Petroglyphs (probably made c.1000 years ago by the Anasazi)

• Zion Canyon National Park, Utah
  • The Great White Throne
  • The author on the Watchman Trail
  • Whip-tail lizard, Watchman Trail

• Red Canyon, Utah

• Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
  • Hoodoos
  • Hoodoos
  • Tree in Wall Street
  • Wall Street
  • Bryce Canyon from the rim, a "helluva place to lose a cow"
  • Yet more bizarre rock formations

• Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Arizona

• Monument Valley Tribal Park, Navajo Nation, Arizona/Utah border
  • One of the "mittens", straight out of a John Ford western
  • More weird rocks

• Natural Bridges Natural Monument, Utah
  • Sipapu Bridge
  • Owachomo Bridge
  • Owachomo Bridge from the opposite side

• Lower Antelope Canyon Tribal Park, near Page, Arizona
  • Entrance to the lower canyon
  • Interior of the slot canyon
  • Interior: how do you describe a place like this?
  • Vivid interior colours
  • Memorial to the victims of the 1997 disaster

• Grand Canyon, Arizona
  • View from the North Rim
  • Angel's Window, Cape Royal, North Rim
  • Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert
  • Marble Canyon from Navajo Bridge
  • Colorado River from Desert View, South Rim
  • Bright Angel Trail
  • Ranger Station, Indian Garden, Bright Angel Trail
  • Near Plateau Point
  • View from Plateau Point
  • Shooting the rapids, viewed from Plateau Point (full zoom and considerably enlarged)
  • Thermometer, Indian Garden, Bright Angel Trail (900m of climb to go!)

• Hoover Dam, Arizona

• Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Luxor Hotel
  • Wardrobe unit, Luxor
  • Mandalay Bay (with Luxor in background)
  • MGM Grand, the world's largest hotel
  • Lion Enclosure, MGM Grand (the answer to Q.7)
  • Statue, New York New York
  • Arc de Triomphe, Paris Hotel
  • White tiger, Mirage
  • Stratosphere Hotel

• Washington DC
  • Honor Guardsman, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
  • Arlington House, Virginia
  • Lincoln Monument
  • Washington Monument
  • Apollo 11 capsule, Museum of Air & Space
  • The Capitol
  • Brumidi Corridors, Senate
  • The Pentagon
  • Crystal collection, Natural History Museum

Technical details

All photos were shot on 200ASA film using a Pentax SLR camera with zoom lenses at focal lengths between 28mm and 210mm. Processed prints were then scanned on a Mustek flatbed SCSI scanner interfaced to a custom-built PC running Linux and edited using the xsane and xv packages.

© Robin Stevens, rejs@cynic.org.uk
All photographs are licensed under a Creative Commons License.