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Pocatello, Idaho

NEW: Come see my snowy panorama of ISU HERE!


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 https://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 and electrical engineering at Idaho State University. Please see my academic Web site at http://idahostate.academia.edu/VititKantabutra.
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 September 20, 2009. Just expanded my photo collection at flickr! Please see them at http://www.flickr.com/photos/96517640@N00/


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. Speaking of Trekearth, all my photos there can be found here.

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 (Unfortunately, Karen Kearns passed away in 2012, still in her 40's.)

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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Pocatello Marathon 2008 quick starters _DSC8957.jpg
Pocatello Marathon 2008 quick starters _DSC8957.jpg
Performance of Complete Händels Messiah _DSC0592.jpg
Performance of Complete Händels Messiah _DSC0592.jpg
West Buckskin Road near our Home _DSC6612.jpg
West Buckskin Road near our Home _DSC6612.jpg
Camelback Mtn Pocatello DSCN0485.jpg
Camelback Mtn Pocatello DSCN0485.jpg
admin bldg flowers PA110018.jpg
admin bldg flowers PA110018.jpg
Maximilianuskatzus DSCF0205.jpg
Maximilianuskatzus DSCF0205.jpg
Eine Fledermaus DSC_0006.jpg
Eine Fledermaus DSC_0006.jpg
Eclipse of the Moon, DSC_6365.JPG
Eclipse of the Moon, DSC_6365.JPG
Iconic Columns on top of Red Hill ISU Campus P1040877.jpg
Iconic Columns on top of Red Hill ISU Campus P1040877.jpg
College Market DSCN0481.jpg
College Market DSCN0481.jpg
yellow bell _DSC7008.jpg
yellow bell _DSC7008.jpg
Coonie's Return Jan 12 2008 smallfile _DSC0512
Coonie's Return Jan 12 2008 smallfile _DSC0512
Chinese Peak Fall Foliage Pocatello Idaho _DSC1762.jpg
Chinese Peak Fall Foliage Pocatello Idaho _DSC1762.jpg
Rodeo 2007 _DSC0135.jpg
Rodeo 2007 _DSC0135.jpg
Theater ISU historic performance of Man of la Mancha DSC_99.jpg
Theater ISU historic performance of Man of la Mancha DSC_99.jpg
Africa Night 2013 at ISU 150.jpg
Africa Night 2013 at ISU 150.jpg
Guyer and Neiwirth _DSC3656.JPG
Guyer and Neiwirth _DSC3656.JPG
city creek area sunflowers and bike trail P1040095.JPG
city creek area sunflowers and bike trail P1040095.JPG
Swanson Gate - Autumn at ISU IMG_2541.jpg
Swanson Gate - Autumn at ISU IMG_2541.jpg
Autumn Scene at Pocatello Zoo _DSC0868.JPG
Autumn Scene at Pocatello Zoo _DSC0868.JPG
Old Friends Crete Brown (L) and Ruth Moorhead (R) VMG05 0018.jpg
Old Friends Crete Brown (L) and Ruth Moorhead (R) VMG05 0018.jpg
Super Duper Moon is Today P1020671.JPG
Super Duper Moon is Today P1020671.JPG
West Center Street Pocatello Looking East IMG_1597.JPG
West Center Street Pocatello Looking East IMG_1597.JPG
The Making of an American Classic DSCF0023.jpg
The Making of an American Classic DSCF0023.jpg
Howard Dean in Pocatello _DSC0604.jpg
Howard Dean in Pocatello _DSC0604.jpg
Theater ISU DSC_38.jpg
Theater ISU DSC_38.jpg
Bill OBrien R and Curtis L Guitar Concert large web sized  _DSC8590.jpg
Bill OBrien R and Curtis L Guitar Concert large web sized _DSC8590.jpg
butterfly on fleabane DSCF5963.jpg
butterfly on fleabane DSCF5963.jpg
Extreme Makeover Home Edition Home South 8th Avenue Pocatello P1020158.jpg
Extreme Makeover Home Edition Home South 8th Avenue Pocatello P1020158.jpg
magpies behind our house flying next to Chinese Peak _DSC2642.jpg
magpies behind our house flying next to Chinese Peak _DSC2642.jpg
DSC_113.jpg
DSC_113.jpg
Lyrisches Trio smallfile _DSC0022.jpg
Lyrisches Trio smallfile _DSC0022.jpg
rose fruit east fork mink creek trail scout mountain pocatello _DSC3728.jpg
rose fruit east fork mink creek trail scout mountain pocatello _DSC3728.jpg
El coro de España cantó a una audiencia apreciativa DSC_6489.jpg
El coro de España cantó a una audiencia apreciativa DSC_6489.jpg
ISU choir at Baroque Festival PB080038.jpg
ISU choir at Baroque Festival PB080038.jpg
ISU Music Dept Candide _DSC3466.jpg
ISU Music Dept Candide _DSC3466.jpg
dwarf zinnia from fred meyer P1050526.jpg
dwarf zinnia from fred meyer P1050526.jpg
Julie Hillebrandt, an ISU professional photographer, photographing me _DSC3157.jpg
Julie Hillebrandt, an ISU professional photographer, photographing me _DSC3157.jpg
Home Cooking - Pasta from Napoli Pecorino Romano Organic Chicken Green Pepper P1010272.jpg
Home Cooking - Pasta from Napoli Pecorino Romano Organic Chicken Green Pepper P1010272.jpg
Pocatello Early Spring Twilight smallfile  _DSC6037.png
Pocatello Early Spring Twilight smallfile _DSC6037.png
Setting For Shakespeare's Play at ISU _DSC0012
Setting For Shakespeare's Play at ISU _DSC0012
bumble bee on larkspur _DSC6738.jpg
bumble bee on larkspur _DSC6738.jpg
Richard Wabrek DSCF0010.JPG
Richard Wabrek DSCF0010.JPG
Tiger Swallowtail taken with Panasonic Camera P1000036.jpg
Tiger Swallowtail taken with Panasonic Camera P1000036.jpg
Winco at Foothill _DSC8589.jpg
Winco at Foothill _DSC8589.jpg
Aspen the Baby Fox Squirrel DSCF0183
Aspen the Baby Fox Squirrel DSCF0183
Pocatello sunset P1050568.jpg
Pocatello sunset P1050568.jpg
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.. Pocatello
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.. Pocatello
Nepali Night 2010 _DSC6588.jpg
Nepali Night 2010 _DSC6588.jpg
Springtime along West Buckskin Road to Inkom _DSC3791.jpg
Springtime along West Buckskin Road to Inkom _DSC3791.jpg
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