Flotsam and Jetsam

This is the Spiral Jetty. It's a piece of landscape art that was constructed in 1970 (I believe....but I've been wrong before; nope, I'm right. CHECK IT.). It lives in the Great Salt Lake in the great state of Utah. The spiral itself is pretty great - though it serves no purpose, other than looking great. In high-water years, it is flooded out of sight by rising water and other times, when the water level of the lake is low enough, the rocks that comprise the Jetty are seen sitting plainly in the salty bed of the lake. It smells horrible out here, by the way.

For this picture, I was lucky enough to show up when the water was glassed-over and pooling within the entire spiral. Special, right? Appreciate it.

Legacy Bridge Wanderings

These photos were taken this past July up around the Legacy Bridge area of the Univeristy of Utah campus. The bridge was one of several structures built for the 2002 Winter Olympics on the U's campus. I blinked when Apollo Anton Ohno walked across this bridge and missed him entirely. He. So. Fast. Like this train....



This next photo is an HDR (high dynamic range) rendition of the bridge itself, looking west towards lower campus.



Incredible.

All things...

Just a tid bit from a photo-shooting spree I went on late last spring around Salt Lake. Unnh.

American Auto Industry Bail Out

The sad fact is it's not even a bail out. It's a bridge loan. Which is an even higher-risk loan, with a higher interest rate than typical money loans. And all this business about lobbyists, it's so true it's sad. I guess they're trying to save jobs, which is a good thing. And why should I be bothered by the fact that I'll lose value in the cost of my Subaru? I paid $800.00 for it - $600.00 of which was comprised of my economic stimulus check. So really, the car only cost me $200....

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I heard all it's about is arresting the human intelligence for a long enough time in order to get money from a person.