Primary colors of shipping, Chicago

And one more example of the elegant curves of shipping containers created by packing them into the nooks and crannies of their surrounding transportation infrastructure.

Rainbow shipping container curve, Chicago

Another view of Chicago's logistics system: an arcing rainbow of shipping containers.

Waiting railcars in a switchyard, Chicago

A significant amount of Chicago's economy is as a shipping and distribution hub.  Flying into O'Hare airport, this comes clear as you stare down at vast number of containers, sitting in freight storage areas or packed together on trains in switchyards.

Frankenbale, Iowa

Seen at the side of a preschool-level haunted hayride while I was chaperoning with my daughter's class for their field trip to a local farm.

Foam on the Iowa River, Iowa City

The texture of foam patterns on water illustrates clearly to me just how complex are its chaotic flows.

Stanford Dish, Palo Alto, California

Walking on my way into a synthetic biology standards meeting in in San Francisco area, I found myself suddenly confronted by a great construct of astronomy perched atop the next hill over.  This massive telescope goes by the rather unassuming name of "The Stanford Dish."

Dinosaur in the corn, Iowa

Friends, let us welcome the new year with a mighty roar!