Grand Canyon 9/16/1996 The Grand Canyon is big. I mean, really big. It's difficult to convey that in a picture. This one was taken from Mather's Point. The tiny puddle at the bottom is the Colorado River.   View it at 480x640.	Monument Valley 9/17/1996 This may look like a Western set because of all the movies John Ford filmed here, but this is really what the scenery looks like: breathtaking.   View it at 480x640.
Monument Valley 9/17/1996 This rock formation is called the Rain God mesa. This is just before sundown and clouds are gathering above it. A few minutes later, rain falls... Coincidence?   View it at 640x480.
Baker Beach 6/19/1997 Baker Beach is one of those places you probably have seen on a postcard of San Fransisco. The view of the Golden Gate bridge explains it.   View it at 640x480.	Baker Beach 6/19/1997 The Golden Gate bridge is not the only famous landmark you can see from Baker Beach. Here's my brother, Frederic.   View it at 640x480.
Golden Gate Bridge 6/1997 To take this picture I patiently waited for the sun to set and started shooting with different settings and filters, hoping to get at least one good picture.   View it at 1024x768.
Bodie 6/1995 Bodie, north of Lake Tahoe, California, is as authentic a ghost town as you can find. Because it is out of the main travel routes, when the silver mine dried up, the inhabitants abandoned the town.   View it at 419x558 or 838x1117.	Bodie 6/1995 The inhabitants of Bodie left behind them everything they couldn't carry, like this gas pump. The dry climate preserved the artifacts.   View it at 838x1117.
Lake Tahoe 6/22/1997 My brother at Contemplation Point, Lake Tahoe, California.   View it at 640x480.
Mill of the Fujiya Hotel 7/1997 The Fujiya Hotel, near the Hakone Lake, Japan, is an early 20th century interpretation of a western-style hotel. Despite its unusual architecture for the time, it preserved a very traditional and peaceful garden in the back.   View it at 640x480.	The Hakone Shrine 7/1997 The Hakone Shrine is a Shinto holy place. Pilgrims come here to write prayers on wooden tablets that they hang inside ths shrine. When I visited, someone had written on a tablet "I wish Apple will get better". The Shinto gods were listening..   View it at 640x480.