“Canyon de Muerto,” so named by the Spaniards after on-going conflicts with the Navajo Tribes who once lived here. The Spaniards are gone, but the Díné still dwell in these canyons. Many of the proud Tribe reject the name Navajo since that is the name given to them by the invading Spaniards.
In this panorama, Verna looks down into the canyon, whose floor is a thousand feet down. Click the thumbnail image below to enlarge.
At the Point Vicente Interpretive Center, there is a deck where whale-watchers gather to spot the humpbacks and other whales as they migrate. I was standing on the deck a couple of weeks ago and took a couple of shots looking south and southeast. I later merged them onto this composite view of the center, the cliffs and the lighthouse. It was a little too hazy to see Catalina Island on this day, but a pleasant view nonetheless. Click image for bigger.
I sure am glad to be back in the Manhattan Beach office. I can take my noontime walks to a couple of scenic places like this one of the little golf course behind the Marriott Hotel.
Click on the image for the big 180° panoramic view.
Usually, when we visit the Point Vicente Interpretive Center, my camera is pointed in the opposite direction from the Center. I thought that I would take a panorama of this nice facility and put it up as a supplement to the shots we take in the opposite directions. Click the image below to see the panorama in the image viewer.
Last month at the annual Orchid Show and Sale held at the South Coast Botanic Garden, I took this wide-angle image by taking several overlapping photos and then using my photo stitch software to combine them into this view.
The colors and variety were very nice. Displays were arranged around the hall with individual winning entries on tables arranged as a six-spoke display. The big winners were closer to the center of the spokes with the grand prize in the middle.
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We have mentioned before on our blog that we try to book the same hotel room when we go to Avalon for our anniversary. This is a photo of the actual room. We spent our wedding night here and several of the anniversaries too. A feature not shown in this view off-camera to the right is a lovely whirlpool Jacuzzi tub-for-two. This year, the room had a face lift from shabby-chic to this modern style.
I threw a little Flash™ code together to get this image to pan back and forth.
