Monthly:January 2012
Ever since I had my own transport, I’ve taken off on these solo journeys – by car or motorcycle – to see what I could see. I was in Las Vegas in 2006 because my wife was attending a conference and I was tagging along. So while she was soaking up knowledge, I was soaking up vistas such as this one. On my way back from the Hoover Dam, instead of taking the direct, freeway, route, I sauntered north along […]
Travel Photographer Richard Davis takes up the recent discussions on the imminent demise of the DLSR and wonders about what changes are also coming in the way we view and interact with images. The 3rd generation digital cameras will not only replace DSLRs, but also allow new ways of consuming photographs.
Of course, no visit to the Hoover Dam is complete without an aerial view. Now you can get a view from the Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. I don’t know if you’re allowed to stop on the bridge to take photos – probably not. As you can see in the lower left and lower right corners, the bridge was in the early stages of construction when I took this photo. Look at the cars winding down the roads […]
Despite the austere times of the Great Depression, public art works were still funded. Across the road from the Hoover Dam Visitor Center one finds the twin Winged Figures of the Republic by sculptor Oskar J.W. Hansen. Each figure is 30 feet tall. This photo is of the feet of one of the statues. While the upper part of the statues have taken on a green patina, the feet are within reach and the constant touching has resulted in the […]
So I’ll post a few more Hoover Dam photos this week, then move on. This is a view of the Nevada Powerplant that one can tour if you visit the dam. There are a couple of tours you can take, a 30-minute tour or a one hour tour. I got there relatively late in the day and just took the 30-minute tour. You take an elevator 530 down through the canyon walls to the power plant. The powerplant room is […]
So, continuing with the theme from yesterday, this is what it’s like to look down the face of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado River is about 700 feet below the top of the dam. To the left is Arizona, to the right is Nevada. The white concrete shape in the top right corner is part of the visitor’s center. Taken in 2006, in the upper right corner you can also see the supports of what would become the Mike O-Callaghan […]
