Mike Chowla's Photo Blog

Sunset Over Delicate Arch

mike — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:23:36 +0000

Hiking out to Delicate Arch at sunset was the perfect end at a great day at Arches National Park. After spending two days waiting for the weather to clear, today was sunny but cold. Delicate Arch is just stunning. The approach adds to the dramac because the final section of the trail is a snowy path up the side of the cliff, and once you get to the top, the one is rewarded with this splendid vantage point to the arch.

Bryce Canyon

mike — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:31:00 +0000

Bryce Canyon is stunning.

Sunrise over the Towers of the Virgin, Zion National Park

mike — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:17:14 +0000

The peaks in Zion National Park all have outlandish names. The one of the interpretive signs says the names were early visitors method of making sense of the grandeur of the place.

Highgate Cemetary

mike — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:28:18 +0000

Highgate Cemetery is wonderfully atmospheric Victorian era cemetery in Lodnon. With its overgrown vines and meandering paths, it feels right out of a English novel.

Nasrid Palces at the Alhambra

mike — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:15:15 +0000

Richly decorated columns from on the Patio de los Arrayanes (Patio of Murtyle) in the Nasrid Places at the Alhambra

The Baths at the Alcázar of Seville

mike — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:46:15 +0000

The Alcázar of Seville is magnificent palace. This is the baths of Dona Maria de Padilla which are rain water tanks below one of the patios.

Along Highway 32

mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:38:03 +0000

Highway 32 between Chico and Chester snakes along Deer Creek. I slid down the hill to the creek to take this shot. I had headed up to Plumas County to catch the fall color but alas I was a little early. This was the one the few spots with red leaves I saw.

Bay Bridge From Treasure Island

mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:33:51 +0000

Treasure Island gives the only good vantage of the city’s skyline. It was cold and windy on Treasure Island the evening I took even though the weather in San Francisco itself was quite pleasant.

A Slow Decay

mike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:42:13 +0000

I stopped on the way home from the Reno Balloon Races at the Nevada State Railway museum. I was surprised to learn that many of the steam engines that the museum has in its collection were saved by Hollywood’s penchant for train movies.

Taming Fire

mike — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:14:35 +0000

A member of crew manipulates fire as part the Fire Vortex exhibit by Nate Smith at the Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival 2009.

Click here for my full set of pictures from the Fire Arts Festival.