Wave clouds on the flight from Dallas to Atlanta. Cloud streets, probably somewhere over Alabama. A large lake visible on the flight from Dallas to Atlanta. Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta. This was a gathering place during the 1996 Olympics. A portion of the Atlanta skyline. Looking north from the balcony of my hotel room on the 20th floor. A somewhat dizzying view of the street below, from my 20th floor balcony. Floors and elevator shafts in my hotel--as at last year's meeting, this was a little like living in a spaceship. Looking down at the lobby of my hotel from the 20th floor. The Georgia Capitol Building.
A monument on the lawn of the Georgia Capitol. Inside the dome of the Capitol Building. A secession banner from the early part of the Civil War--in the South, the rattlesnake was frequently used as a symbol of defiance toward the North. Confederate flag from the Civil War.
A session of the Georgia Senate begins. A session of the Georgia House of Representatives.
A Passenger Pigeon specimen--this species was once abundant in the eastern US, but was hunted to extinction by 1914. The Carolina Parakeet, North America's only native parrot and once common throughout the eastern US, was hunted to extinction by 1918.
A section of the mineral display in the Georgia Capitol Building. Cold frontal cumulus over eastern Texas on the flight from Atlanta to Dallas.
An awesome view of the Dallas skyline. Typical southern Oklahoma on the flight from Dallas to OKC.
Lake Thunderbird, a large lake just east of Norman, in the distance. Norman, Oklahoma, home of the University of Oklahoma.
