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Plane that's permanently parked on the base
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:47:22 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:47:40 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:48:13 2010
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View of Hangar 2 and 3 (Airship Ventures uses the back of Hangar 2)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:48:15 2010
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View of Hangar 2 and 3 (Airship Ventures uses the back of Hangar 2)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:49:22 2010
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View of Hangar 2 and 3 (Airship Ventures uses the back of Hangar 2)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:49:23 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:49:26 2010
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View of Hangar 1 and Hangar 2, with the airstrip in between
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:49:50 2010
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Lengthwise view of Hangar 1
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:50:37 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:50:39 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:50:41 2010
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Round the other side of Moffett Field, that the public doesn't usually get to see
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:50:44 2010
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Hangars 2 and 3 again.
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:50:55 2010
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Hangars 2 and 3 again.
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:51:21 2010
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Hangars 2 and 3 again.
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:51:22 2010
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Side of Hangar 3
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:51:27 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:51:38 2010
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Ginny, our hostess with the mostess, giving us a bit of a low-down on the shuttle over to the airship.
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:52:47 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:21 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:26 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:32 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:36 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:40 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:44 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:48 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:49 2010
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Approaching the airship on the shuttle
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:53:59 2010
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The airship attached to the mast truck
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:54:03 2010
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Hangar 1, from Hangar 2
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:54:42 2010
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Across the runway to the other side of the base
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:54:45 2010
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Getting ready to board
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:54:51 2010
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Alongside the airship
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:54:55 2010
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View inside Hangar 2
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:56:13 2010
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Onboard, looking out towards the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:56:38 2010
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The cockpit, during ascent
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:57:03 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:57:44 2010
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Inside Hangar 2 again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:58:19 2010
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The starboard propeller
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:58:54 2010
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The starboard propeller beginning to be pointed backwards
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:59:13 2010
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View of the Moffett Field runway, looking towards the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:59:32 2010
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Our shadow over the runway
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:59:35 2010
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First glimpses of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:59:40 2010
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Long view of the runway
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:59:47 2010
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The runway again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:59:55 2010
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View out the aft window during ascent
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 09:59:58 2010
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Another view of the runway, heading away from the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:01 2010
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Our shadow
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:04 2010
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Another view of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:18 2010
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Aerial view of part of Moffett Field
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:22 2010
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Aerial view of part of Moffett Field
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:24 2010
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The campus (and building) I work in
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:28 2010
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One of the NASA Ames wind tunnel (the largest)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:34 2010
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One of the NASA Ames wind tunnel (the largest)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:50 2010
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Another part of Moffett Field
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:53 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:00:57 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:01:00 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:01:03 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:01:29 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:02:05 2010
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Our house is down there somewhere, a couple of streets back from the US-101
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:03:04 2010
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Our house is down there somewhere, a couple of streets back from the US-101
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:03:05 2010
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Our house is down there somewhere, a couple of streets back from the US-101
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:03:16 2010
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Stanford off in the distance
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:03:51 2010
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Looking back at Moffett Field
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:04:18 2010
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Our house is down there somewhere (the angle is making it hard to see US-101)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:04:29 2010
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Our house is down there somewhere (the angle is making it hard to see US-101)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:04:31 2010
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CA-85 merging with US-101
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:04:51 2010
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Downtown Mountain View (Castro Street)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:05:10 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:05:22 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:05:36 2010
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View of the cockpit
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:07:07 2010
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View of the cockpit
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:07:12 2010
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Passing over the top of I-280
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:08:19 2010
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Ginny was getting to fly for a bit
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:08:58 2010
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Ginny was getting to fly for a bit
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:09:13 2010
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San Jose hiding under a layer of smog
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:09:41 2010
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Some open cut mine or something that I never knew existed
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:09:51 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:10:41 2010
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Inside the gondola
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:10:58 2010
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The port propeller, at a high shutter speed
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:11:16 2010
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The port propeller, at a slightly slower shutter speed
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:11:57 2010
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Looking back from where we came again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:12:17 2010
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CA-85
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:15:45 2010
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San Jose hiding under the smog
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:16:55 2010
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San Jose hiding under the smog
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:17:23 2010
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I-280 again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:17:28 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:18:33 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:18:47 2010
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The cockpit has floor windows
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:19:22 2010
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The cockpit has floor windows
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:19:28 2010
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Lexington Reservoir by CA-17
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:21:22 2010
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Lexington Reservoir by CA-17
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:22:44 2010
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Some classy mansion out Los Gatos way
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:22:55 2010
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A view back to the north
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:23:59 2010
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A view back to the north
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:24:00 2010
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Looking back from where we came
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:24:08 2010
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Moffett Field from afar
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:24:19 2010
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Moffett Field from afar
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:28:43 2010
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Shoreline Amphitheatre from afar
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:30:31 2010
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Another huge mansion
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:33:33 2010
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Moffett Field again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:34:23 2010
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A closer view of the mine
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:35:13 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:35:19 2010
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Turns out the mine is Hanson Permanente Cement
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:36:35 2010
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Turns out the mine is Hanson Permanente Cement
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:37:27 2010
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Turns out the mine is Hanson Permanente Cement
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:37:32 2010
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Gates of Heaven Cemetery
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:37:55 2010
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Moffett Field again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:41:41 2010
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View from the aft window, I think of I-280
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:41:51 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:42:23 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:42:54 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:43:06 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:43:10 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:43:11 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:44:57 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:45:07 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:45:38 2010
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Stanford University
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:45:50 2010
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Stanford University
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:45:57 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:47:16 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:47:20 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:47:28 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:48:11 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:48:17 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:48:57 2010
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Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:49:00 2010
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Stanford University
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:49:26 2010
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Stanford University
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:50:10 2010
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Stanford University
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:50:20 2010
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Our shadow over Stanford
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:50:28 2010
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Close up of Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:51:36 2010
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Close up of Stanford's dish
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:51:53 2010
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Stanford University
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:52:02 2010
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Stanford's linear particle accelerator, running under I-280
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:53:06 2010
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Stanford's linear particle accelerator, running under I-280
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:53:16 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:54:07 2010
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Former salt evaporation pond on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:54:20 2010
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Some funky looking building on Stanford's campus
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:54:58 2010
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Stanford's football stadium
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:55:15 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:56:36 2010
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Former salt evaporation pond on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:57:08 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:58:17 2010
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Former salt evaporation ponds on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:58:28 2010
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Former salt evaporation ponds on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:58:40 2010
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Former salt evaporation ponds on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:58:45 2010
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Former salt evaporation ponds on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 10:58:58 2010
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Former salt evaporation ponds on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:00:15 2010
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Former salt evaporation ponds on the west side of the bay
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:00:50 2010
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Looking over towards Fremont
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:01:11 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:02:25 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:02:41 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:03:34 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:03:52 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:03:54 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:04:29 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:04:46 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:05:10 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:07:43 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:08:08 2010
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I learned that there's two turntable segments to the old Dumbarton railroad bridge, this one's on the Fremont side
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:08:24 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:09:22 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:09:25 2010
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Some rail cars parked on a segment of the defunct railroad that connects to the Dumbarton Railroad Bridge
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:09:34 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:09:45 2010
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Our reflection in one of the algae-loaded evaporation ponds
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:10:22 2010
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Reminds me of creme brulee :-)
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:10:53 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:11:32 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:11:42 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:12:26 2010
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Salt piles
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:13:02 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:13:28 2010
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The salt being harvested
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:14:43 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:15:33 2010
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The salt being harvested
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:15:53 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:16:13 2010
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Looking to the eastern mountains
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:17:50 2010
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Looking to the eastern mountains
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:18:27 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:18:49 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:19:14 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:19:26 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:20:05 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:20:07 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:21:27 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:22:25 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:24:28 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:24:33 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:24:39 2010
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Inside Hangar 2 on our return
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:27:26 2010
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After we had disembarked
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:31:06 2010
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I assume there were more passengers on the next flight, so they jettisoned some more ballast
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:31:17 2010
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Our pilot,
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:31:24 2010
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Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:31:35 2010
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And off into the blue again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:32:39 2010
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And off into the blue again
Date/Time: Wed Oct 13 11:32:44 2010
