Campus Environment

A Music Department class goes outside at the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center.   

"Classic" mid 1960's architecture on Busch campus. 

On September 17th, 2024, a partial lunar eclipse was visible from Illinois State University's campus.  I positioned myself on our campus to center the partial eclipse above the Watterson Towers student dorms, which is our university's tallest building.  This image is a composite of two images taken back to back at the same focal length.  One photo taken to expose for the buildings and sky, and another image taken to expose for the moon.  Using a circular mask for the moon in photoshop, I cut a hole out of the long-exposure image to put the moon in the bright light of lost detail.  The full-resolution image has higher detail, particularly in the sky gradient; this submitted image is lower-resolution to meet the UPAA contest requirements.

The Visitor's Center and Executive Tower on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

The early morning sun shines into Mackinac Hall about one hour and 20 minutes after the sunrise on September 23. 

The sunsets on the cupola atop the Nelson Fitness Center  

After a private contractor severed a power line while working on a project not affiliated with the University, power was lost on campus making way for the stars to be seen above Kendall Hall on Friday, September 27, 2024.

Water droplets on the widow of the fifth floor of the Franklin D. Schurz Library after a rainstomr moved through Sept. 20, 2024, on campus at IU South Bend. 

An uncommon black and white backside view of a new fountain sculpture recently installed on campus.

The Super Harvest Moon creeping past the Jesse Hall dome.