Day 23 – The View From Here

by The Philosophical Fish

Looking across Burrard Inlet towards downtown Vancouver on a cloudy afternoon can provide some spectacular sights if the light is right.

Downtown Vancouver will be home to a lot of extra people in the next two months, and it means I may just forgo visiting down there during that time. I think most Vancouverites have had the living daylights scared out of them with predictions of traffic chaos and total gridlock. We are just not set up to deal with too many cars on the roads in the first place, and then to shut many of them down completely during the Olympics should provide a lot of fodder for the evening news…. no, I think I’ll stick to this side of the water, it’ll be bad enough…

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Flickr: valley1526 January 24, 2010 - 3:33 am

Wonderful contrasts.

valley1526 January 24, 2010 - 3:33 am

Wonderful contrasts.

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Flickr: Kirstin's Photography January 24, 2010 - 4:37 am

Nice shot. I love the golden tones in the sky and reflection.

Kirstin's Photography January 24, 2010 - 4:37 am

Nice shot. I love the golden tones in the sky and reflection.

Flickr: Clive C January 24, 2010 - 4:56 am

Beautiful shot! So sharp and nicely exposed.

Clive C January 24, 2010 - 4:56 am

Beautiful shot! So sharp and nicely exposed.

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Flickr: ][No Ambition][ January 24, 2010 - 5:39 am

I love the buildings across the water =] Very cool shot!

][No Ambition][ January 24, 2010 - 5:39 am

I love the buildings across the water =] Very cool shot!

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Flickr: Just Mom January 24, 2010 - 2:18 pm

Very nice! Love the colours in this.

Just Mom January 24, 2010 - 2:18 pm

Very nice! Love the colours in this.

Flickr: pompey shoes January 28, 2010 - 12:44 am

Stunning! I will be visiting Vancouver later this year so I hope I can capture something half as good as this!


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pompey shoes January 28, 2010 - 12:44 am

Stunning! I will be visiting Vancouver later this year so I hope I can capture something half as good as this!


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Flickr: Free 2 Be January 28, 2010 - 4:41 am

Thanks everyone!

And there’s rarely a shortage of clouds here in the Spring and Fall…. 🙂

Free 2 Be January 28, 2010 - 4:41 am

Thanks everyone!

And there’s rarely a shortage of clouds here in the Spring and Fall…. 🙂

Flickr: pompey shoes January 28, 2010 - 10:13 am

It will be late August/early September, so I may miss the clouds 🙂

pompey shoes January 28, 2010 - 10:13 am

It will be late August/early September, so I may miss the clouds 🙂

Flickr: Free 2 Be January 28, 2010 - 3:49 pm

Well, the typical joke here is that since the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) starts the first weekend in August, it always rains then, so you’ll miss that, and the first weekend of September is the holiday, so it will rain then…but the rest of September is generally spectacular. Warm days, cooling nights. Usually…..

Free 2 Be January 28, 2010 - 3:49 pm

Well, the typical joke here is that since the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) starts the first weekend in August, it always rains then, so you’ll miss that, and the first weekend of September is the holiday, so it will rain then…but the rest of September is generally spectacular. Warm days, cooling nights. Usually…..

Flickr: Helena Pugsley January 30, 2010 - 10:15 pm

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