Observations and photos from trip to Bellevue

Shortly after my plane took off from Long Beach Airport, I saw an empty parking lot that perfectly demonstrated the Zollner illusion.

Photos from the trip

On the flight back, I noticed that lakes and rivers looked colorful through my polarizing sunglasses. I don't have an explanation.

10 Responses to “Observations and photos from trip to Bellevue”

  1. Eric hodel Says:

    There are two types of pedestrian signal buttons in Bellevue, one that sticks out of the pole and has an arrow on the side indicating which direction the signal is for. The other kind has a sign above the button (as shown in your pictures) and the button works for crossing a street perpendicular to where you’re crossing.

    They typically mount these later type of button on the street side of the poles, so you have to walk around to the street side to press the button, exposing you to traffic making right turns, when they’re not blocked by a bunch of people trying to go perpendicular to your street of choice (in which case they’ll all be standing in front of the button you want to press).

  2. katmerlin Says:

    The two/three trail pictures are from the trails around Boeing, yes?
    — K :)!

  3. Jesse Ruderman Says:

    Correct. I thought that was clear from the captions. Have you been on that trail?

  4. katmerlin Says:

    Alternatively, I could read the verbage more carefuly. The barbed wire fence wasn’t always there you know. How far afield did you go, anyway? I love that there are trails near my home…

  5. K Says:

    Ok, that is crazy. I posted before you replied. Now I should either log on to aim. Or escape to my book which is what I was intending and think I will do.

  6. K Says:

    Ok, that is crazy. I posted before you replied. Now I should either log on to aim. Or escape to my book which is what I was intending and think I will do.

  7. katmerlin Says:

    Though to answer your question, I biked on part of that trail more or less every day one summer. I ran through that trail sometimes in cross country. My favorite short bike trip from home is around Phantom Lake. I practiced driving (when I had a permit) in the boeing parking lot at least once.

    Of course, I don’t think we discovered that particular trail for years, but that is entirely beside the point.

    Did you see wild rabbits?

  8. Jesse Ruderman Says:

    I did not see wild rabbits. Just lots of dogs people were walking.

  9. nayhem Says:

    Polarizing filters are used to reduce atmospheric haze in photography, making landscapes appear more vibrant and accentuating cloudforms. They also cut certain reflections and glare.

    Also, scrolling the Zollner page around the second graphic produces a trippy effect. That’s all I gots.

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