During our drive to our dentist in Santa Monica, CA, we took a side trip through Santa Monica Airport where I learned to fly. Since the last time I was there, the city erected this monument to the memory of Donald Douglas who founded Douglas Aircraft. His company built many airplanes in Santa Monica.

The airplane is the venerable DC3 which is still in use some places in the world today. The plane sits on three pillars designed to give it a jaunty climbing left turn attitude. A bronze statue of Donald Douglas and his dog “Bar” (short for Wunderbar - German for wonderful).

Click on the image to see the full-sized anaglyph image. If you don’t yet have your free pair of 3D glasses, you can see the 2D image here.

On our way back from Arizona last May, we stopped in Twenty Nine Palms so we could spend a couple of days visiting Joshua Tree National Park.

On the last day going through the park, I snapped a 3D picture pair of images of the Cholla Garden. This anaglyph image is the result. There are hundreds of cholla growing at this particular location. Click on the 3D image to enlarge.

You will need your free 3D glasses to view the anaglyph but just in case you don’t have your pair yet, I uploaded a 2D version here.

Earlier this week while we were out to our new house to deliver some electrical fixtures, I snapped a picture pair to merge into a 3D anaglyph image.

The subject is the little downhill wash that runs through our property from the hill above. The wash runs down and then below the pad where our house stands.

Verna has been putting Critter Crunch up in the wash which has successfully attracted many quail to the area. We were at the property this morning and there were several quail there quacking and having a feast.

You will need red/cyan 3D glasses to view the image - click to enlarge. If you don’t have your pair yet, you can see the 2D version here.

On our last trip to Arizona, we took some time out to go to the Pedestrian overpass across the Hassayampa River near Downtown Wickenburg. I posted a panorama of the view from the bridge a couple of days ago.

As you enter the walkway (which used to be part of US Highway 60), you pass this bronze sculpture of a horse rearing up on its hind legs. I paused to take a pair of images to merge into the 3D version seen here. Click on the image to enlarge.

Of course, if you don’t have your 3D glasses, you can see the 2D image here.

About a year ago, we rented a trailer from Cruise America and took a trip up the California coastline as far as Monterey and came back down US 101 through Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo. We visited several missions and stayed at RV parks along the way.

When were camping at Paso Robles, I took a pair of images for a possible 3D picture of the rented trailer. I found those pictures in an archive and decided to combine them into a 3D image this evening. Click on the image to enlarge - you will need your pair of 3D glasses to see the stereo effect.

Of course, if you don’t have your 3D glasses, you can view the 2D image here.

When we were in Wickenburg, AZ a couple of weeks ago, we visited the old western downtown area. The storefronts and the general appearance of the town are in the 1880s western architectural style.

The bronze sculpture in front of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum is called “Thanks for the Rain” and depicts an old cowpoke kneeling in front of his horse.

I captured a pair of images which I later merged into the 3D image. Click on the thumbnail to see the full-sized 3D image. If you don’t have your free pair of 3D glasses, you can see the 2D version here.

Not an April Fool’s Day joke - Google® Maps, as of April 1, 2010, offers street view in red/cyan 3D anaglyph images. The feature is user selectable with an alternate action icon wearing a pair of 3D glasses. I discovered the feature while I was looking for a vacation destination. The image below (click image to view a larger version) is a street shot near the Torrance Courthouse.