Photo: Sun Devil Stadium Across Tempe Town Lake

This is a view of Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium across Tempe Town Lake.  When I went to ASU, the Sun Devil football games were the main sporting even in town, as that was before we had the Arizona Cardinals or the Diamondbacks.

People used to park their cars for football games in the gravel riverbed, which is now beneath Tempe Town Lake.  On rare occasions, about once per year, the Salt River Project would release water from the upstream dams and water would flow down the river.  If a football game was occurring after one of the water releases, they would make an announcement during the football games warning people to move their cars, otherwise their cars may be floating down the river by the end of the game.

They now release water to keep Tempe Town Lake full, year around.

This week we are showing photos of Valparaiso, Chile, which has the most extensive and talented street art of any place we have visited, on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site.

Photo: ASU Solar Panels

This is a view of the Arizona State University Activities Center, taken from an airplane, flying into Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport.  ASU appears to have anticipated that people would be looking down on campus as they are flying into town, as they put the university's logo right on the roof in the middle of lots of solar panels.

I have two degrees from ASU.  It is a huge, diverse university.  It is a very important economic engine for the state.  We do not have many private colleges in Arizona, so the state universities provide educational opportunities for our residents, but also have many programs to foster economic development.  One of those is ASU's heavy investments in solar energy.

We we have photos of the bottom of the Grand Canyon this week on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site.

Photo: ASU Solar Panels

Here is a photo of my alma mater, Arizona State University, and its Activity Center.  Sun Devil Stadium is on the top left and you can see Tempe Town Lake in the background.

ASU has gone solar!  It is a major developer and use of solar energy resources.  There are solar panels covering the roof of the Activity Center, and more solar panels providing shade for parking lots in the background of the photo.

What a cool photo. I did not get the opportunity to take this photo but kudos to the photographer.

This week we have photos of the architecture of ancient Cambodia posted on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site.