To get these shots I was lying face down on dried mud. The link below is a google map of the location. I was lying in the center of the map in what the satellite photo shows as water and shooting towards the west.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3320+E+Bayshore+Rd,+palo+alto,+ca&sll=37.437734,-122.106836&sspn=0.007675,0.010128&ie=UTF8&ll=37.437717,-122.107093&spn=0.007675,0.010128&t=h&z=17&om=1

You can use street view to see what the parking area on E. Bayshore Road looks like.