Letting off steam at a Boston construction site

The steam boiling up fiercely from this giant steel pipe appeared to originate under the street, leading me to wonder just what interaction with utilities or whatnot might be happening on this construction site in the cold Boston winter.

Flooded fields in Iowa

Even slight topography of the land stands out during floods, as the small river in the upper right of the picture spills throughout the flood-plain fields below and to its left.

Ripples in the sky, Iowa

Waves of low dark cloud like ripples in the sky.

Palm trees at Stanford, California

A double-row of palm trees grace the open, airy architecture of Stanford, enabled by the (mostly) dry and warm climate of the San Francisco area.

Urban Curry, San Francisco

Alas, I didn't have a chance to try this restaurant in San Francisco, but I really liked their style.

Capped rebar in a construction site, San Francisco

Rows of red-capped rebar mark the current height of a concrete wall under construction near the docks in San Francisco.

Shedding Berkeley message board

Given the overloaded state of this message board, it seems there are quite a lot of student and community events at UC Berkeley.