September 2014
Internship at NVIDIA 2014
5 Traveling around California
5.1 Arches National Park
North Window and South Window arches. Arches. No arches. North Window arch (I think). Rain is coming. You can see an arch forming out of that rock. The rain reveals that it is actually separating from the rock. A nice view at Arches National Park. Structure of some arches is quite complex. Those trees look like dead and dry but they are actually not. Another arch (do not remember its name).
Figure 1: Photos from Arches National Park.
5.2 Red Canyon
5.3 Bryce Canyon National Park
5.4 Las Vegas
A look from top of the Stratosphere hotel in Las Vegas. Crazy spinning thrill ride on top of hotel Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Hotel Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Las Vegas strip. No "IFs" "ANDs" or ... The Fountain Show at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. You can find nearly everything in Las Vegas — including a small Eiffel tower or a Statue of Liberty.
Figure 4: Photos from Las Vegas.
5.5 Joshua Tree National Park
5.6 Hoover Dam
180 degrees panorama looking down the Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam from the highway bridge. The white areas show where the water levels used to be. Hoover Dam from the back, you can see the four intake towers. Not all power poles that are straight up. The actual power plant - it's huge, do you see the cars?
Figure 6: Photos from Hoover Dam.
5.7 Death Valley National Park
The lowest point of Death valley 86 m (282 ft.) below see level actually contains a small pond of salty water. Sea level sign on the rock. Death Valley is not dead — there are animals there! The lowest point of Death Valley — dried-out lake. You better come prepared there, no services for long time. Straight highway, no cars and just 65 mph limit...
Figure 7: Photos from Death Valley National Park.
5.8 Crowley Lake
5.9 Yosemite National Park
5.10 Lake Tahoe
5.11 Yellowstone National Park
Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park. Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park. Mammoth Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.