Visit to Redmond, 2012-05-06

These pictures were taken using a Canon PowerShot SD4000IS digital camera, 3648x2736 pixels, JPEG compression. Photos were retrieved using the intrinsic USB mass storage capability via the Linux generic USB storage driver. Editing was with GIMP v2.2.10. Copyright © 2012 by James F. Carter. Feel free to download any of the images for personal use; just give me a photo credit. Contact me for unedited images at higher resolution (JPEG), specifying the filename shown by your browser. <jimc@math.ucla.edu>

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View from the Space Needle

Port facilities with cruise ship	Ben and Alice	Waterfront park and sculpture garden	Ben and Alice, with lots of tourists
Jim and Ben (minus heads)	Jim and Alice

Dale Chihuly Garden and Glass

An exhibit of Dale Chihuly's glass sculpture is open at Seattle Center, the grounds of the Space Needle. When we were there it was almost but not quite ready for visitors.

Plant-like glass sculpture, over the hedge.	The exhibit hall, from outside	Fungoid glass sculpture	Forest spirits, in glass
Through the fence

Pike Place, along the waterfront of northwest Seattle

Starbucks number one, the first store they opened

Snoqualmie Falls

Falls from the upper viewpoint	Ben and Alice, and the forest across the river	Falls at high water flow	Showing the weir and construction area for an upgrade to the hydropower facilities
Falls and river from the lower viewpoint	Down to the impact area and outflow channel	Ben and Alice at the lower viewpoint	Maple tree adjacent to the parking lot
Sign for Salish Inn and Spa	Alice by Ben's new Prius

Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Rhododendron blossoms	Alice by gnomes' house (storage area) (smaller, outtake)	Alice by gnomes' house (storage area)	Jim on bridge
Dedication plaque for the garden	Name rock for the Japanese garden section	Jim and Ben in the gateway to the Japanese garden