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Pocatello, Idaho

Welcome to beautiful Pocatello, Idaho, home of Idaho State University, where I serve on the Computer Science faculty in the College of Engineering. The photos are for viewing only, but you are quite welcome to send links to the photos anywhere in the universe, or make direct links to the photos! I shuffle the images once in a while, so if you wonder where your favorite image went, please try searching for it. Currently the images (except a few most recent ones) are shown in random order. Comments are appreciated, but sometimes I may not see them for a long time. Thanks for visiting!

For pictures of places near Pocatello such as Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Arches National Parks, City of Rocks National Reserve, Lava Hot Springs, Soda Springs, Great Salt Lake, and Massacre Rocks State Park, see this gallery.

Please note that clicking on the thumbnails gives you a larger version of the photo. Once the larger photo is visible, you can further select various display sizes by clicking on the appropriate word underneath the photo.

I have 6 prints on permanent display at the Pocatello Regional Airport, so you might want to look for them in case you plan on air travel!

If you are interested in purchasing a print or otherwise using a photograph, please contact me at vkantabu@computer.org or (208) 251-4368. Some photos may not be printable or saleable. Thanks.

AIR AND MERCURY POLLUTION ALERT!! Being situated in a valley, the Pocatello area does have a tendency to have air pollution problems. In recent years (except this exceptionally dry winter season), the air has been cleaner. But all of a sudden Power County next door is planning to put a Coal-Burning Power Plant at the old FMC site!! See article at http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/03/10/opinion/opinion01.txt

Many people don't believe that these so-called "clean" coal-burning plants are nearly as clean as their advocates are claiming. And even if they are relatively clean, please note that many of us Bannock County residents believe that we are already at our limit of tolerance when it comes to air pollution! Such air pollution as shown in a photo of mine in this gallery (see http://www.pbase.com/vkantabu/image/40660709) is believed to cause nasty sinus infections in many of us that last for weeks, sometimes months, each year! Please, we need the air to be cleaner, not dirtier!! Please read this article I just found on Oct 14, 2005 ... http://webcenter.health.webmd.netscape.com/content/Article/113/110585.htm?pagenumber=1

NEW ARTICLE FROM MY ALMA MATER, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY I usually don't bother to read The Johns Hopkins Magazine, but tonight I picked it up and saw an eye-catching title, "Bad Air Days Cause Increase in Hospital Admissions." Well, of course, I thought. Isn't that an obvious result? But when I read it, it turned out to be another surprising discovery by a Hopkins faculty. Quoting the article, "RESEARCHERS WERE SURPRISED AT HOW RAPIDLY INCREASES IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOLLOWED INCREASES IN AIR POLLUTION LEVELS." .... "The researchers calculated that in 2002, there were 11,000 additional hospitalizations associated with 10 micrograms per cubic meter increase in PM2.5."


Mercury pollution is also a well-documented problem stemming from coal-burning power plants. Mercury pollution can cause autism in children, among other serious health problems.

I am an associate professor of computer science at Idaho State University, and maintain a Web site (not updated frequently enough) at http://www.isu.edu/~kantviti
Back East (meaning in the Eastern United States) they say that if you have an interest other than academia, then you must keep it more or less a secret. It's just not in my nature to play by rules that don't make sense, and that's why I'm out here in Wild Idaho!

NEWS Friday, Sep 28, 2007: I started a Pocatello photo blog at http://pocatellophotoblog.blogspot.com/ Some photos are also in this gallery, but some may not be.

I also have some photos of Pocatello at Webshots and some more (along with those by other photographers) at Trekearth.com and also at Flickr.com.

Also see my photos on Google. For example: http://picasaweb.google.com/vkantabu/RescueOnChinesePeak# and http://picasaweb.google.com/vkantabu/NWFEntries200902#
If you are interested in seeing how things looked in the mountains just east of Pocatello back in the 1970's and 80's, see http://pbase.com/vkantabu/fromdebbiebrooks

Here is a link to historical photos of Bannock County at ISU's library, made available by Karen Kearns: http://idahodocs.cdmhost.com/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/p2003coll1&CISOSTART=1,1

By the way, the blue background of these pages is actually Pocatello's sky color sampled from a photograph I took on a clear day.
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ISU fox squirrel IMG_1719.JPG
ISU fox squirrel IMG_1719.JPG
Diana and Mark smallfile _DSC9105.jpg
Diana and Mark smallfile _DSC9105.jpg
Diana and Mark smallfile _DSC9103.jpg
Diana and Mark smallfile _DSC9103.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello June 14 2009 DSCF0017.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello June 14 2009 DSCF0017.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello DSCF0006.JPG
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello DSCF0006.JPG
Whitman Hotel Building P1030398.jpg
Whitman Hotel Building P1030398.jpg
Prairie Star or a Relative P1030816.jpg
Prairie Star or a Relative P1030816.jpg
Upland Larkspur - East Mink Trail P1030807.jpg
Upland Larkspur - East Mink Trail P1030807.jpg
Scene from East Mink Trail P1030779.jpg
Scene from East Mink Trail P1030779.jpg
Wild Rose new and fresh P1030768.jpg
Wild Rose new and fresh P1030768.jpg
wild rose with bug and bug holes P1030760.jpg
wild rose with bug and bug holes P1030760.jpg
Winco at Foothill _DSC8589.jpg
Winco at Foothill _DSC8589.jpg
wild flowers _DSC8577.jpg
wild flowers _DSC8577.jpg
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wild flowers _DSC8527.jpg
Tiny White Flowers at Home P1030720.jpg
Tiny White Flowers at Home P1030720.jpg
Red Squirrel _DSC8491.jpg
Red Squirrel _DSC8491.jpg
Neiwirth Sherman concert _DSC8422.jpg
Neiwirth Sherman concert _DSC8422.jpg
Mark Neiwirth in concert with Jeanne Sherman _DSC8433.jpg
Mark Neiwirth in concert with Jeanne Sherman _DSC8433.jpg
magpie with worm _DSC8582.jpg
magpie with worm _DSC8582.jpg
College Market Scene - A Birthday Cake for Shelley by Cats Mom _DSC8593.jpg
College Market Scene - A Birthday Cake for Shelley by Cats Mom _DSC8593.jpg
chokecherry blossoms _DSC8555.jpg
chokecherry blossoms _DSC8555.jpg
bigleaf balsamroot _DSC8552.jpg
bigleaf balsamroot _DSC8552.jpg
Maximos DSCF0175.jpg
Maximos DSCF0175.jpg
Maximos DSCF0171.jpg
Maximos DSCF0171.jpg
Máximos - el rey de los gatos DSCF0169.jpg
Máximos - el rey de los gatos DSCF0169.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello _DSC7718.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello _DSC7718.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello _DSC7710.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello _DSC7710.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset _DSC7696.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset _DSC7696.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello _DSC7675.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello _DSC7675.jpg
Coonie in TD Bag roll 90_2 2007-08_DSC0496.jpg
Coonie in TD Bag roll 90_2 2007-08_DSC0496.jpg
dove _DSC7146.JPG
dove _DSC7146.JPG
Packrat P1030266.jpg
Packrat P1030266.jpg
Arrowleaf balsamroot P1030294.jpg
Arrowleaf balsamroot P1030294.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello IMG_1385.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello IMG_1385.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello IMG_1375.jpg
American Falls Reservoir Sunset from Pocatello IMG_1375.jpg
Center and Main Streets Pocatello Spring Sunday Night P5170039.jpg
Center and Main Streets Pocatello Spring Sunday Night P5170039.jpg
National Bar Spring Night P5170035.jpg
National Bar Spring Night P5170035.jpg
rodeo _DSC0670.jpg
rodeo _DSC0670.jpg
Silver Fox at Pocatello Zoo _DSC1105.jpg
Silver Fox at Pocatello Zoo _DSC1105.jpg
Diana Livingston-Friedley, soprano; Dieter Wulfhorst, violoncello; Kraig Scott, harpsichord - _DSC0622
Diana Livingston-Friedley, soprano; Dieter Wulfhorst, violoncello; Kraig Scott, harpsichord - _DSC0622
Bird of Prey probably guarding food at Pocatello Zoo _DSC0794.JPG
Bird of Prey probably guarding food at Pocatello Zoo _DSC0794.JPG
F-190 _DSC0635.jpg
F-190 _DSC0635.jpg
ISU butterfly DSC_0065.jpg
ISU butterfly DSC_0065.jpg
Geoff Friedley singt aus dem sogenannten Italienischen Liederbuch _DSC1589.jpg
Geoff Friedley singt aus dem sogenannten Italienischen Liederbuch _DSC1589.jpg
the other kind of fringecup DSCN1947.jpg
the other kind of fringecup DSCN1947.jpg
Native Students against Columbus Day PA130017.jpg
Native Students against Columbus Day PA130017.jpg
Stephen Tigner ISU Computer Science - College of Engineering - Distance Learning IMG_0710.jpg
Stephen Tigner ISU Computer Science - College of Engineering - Distance Learning IMG_0710.jpg
It's not German; it's German's PA030006
It's not German; it's German's PA030006
Dorian and Leonard Hitchcock and Liz Cartwright smallfile _DSC0651.jpg
Dorian and Leonard Hitchcock and Liz Cartwright smallfile _DSC0651.jpg
Lunch at Toms Bouillon Soup smallfile DSCF0015.JPG
Lunch at Toms Bouillon Soup smallfile DSCF0015.JPG
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