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The Claw
Image credit: L.A. Cicero
Memorial Church at night
Memorial Church in the Main Quadrangle
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Bing Concert Hall
Bing Concert Hall, located at the corner of Lasuen Street and Campus Drive, is home to Stanford Live performances.
Image credit: Jeff Goldberg
The Student Observatory at dusk.
The Student Observatory, located near the Stanford Golf Course, at dusk. The observatory was completed in 1973.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero
The Dish at dusk
The Dish in the Stanford foothills at dusk. The Dish itself is a radio telescope that is still in use under the auspices of SRI International.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero
The Knoll
The Knoll is home to the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. It was originally built to house the university president and offers extraordinary views of campus.
Image credit: Aaron Kehoe
sunset over Hoover Tower
The sunset over Hoover Tower paints the sky in vivid hues.
Image credit: Tamer Shabani
Old Student Union
Old Union glows brightly as the light fades from the sky.
Image credit: Tamer Shabani
Sunset highlights the outside of the Main Quadrangle.
Sunset highlights the outside of the Main Quadrangle.
Image credit: Kaspars Sprogis
Main Quad at night.
Looking into the Main Quad from Lasuen Mall at night
Image credit: Ian Terpin
Main Quad puddle
A winter rainstorm creates puddles that result in mirror images of the arches in the Main Quadrangle.
Image credit: Tamar Shabani
Hoover Pavilion at dusk
Hoover Pavilion, which holds offices and clinics of Stanford Health Care, at dusk. The building was once a Palo Alto hospital.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero
Main Quad
The lights of the Main Quadrangle are reflected in a puddle created by winter rains.
Image credit: Ian Turpin
The McMurtry Building
The McMurtry Building, home to the Department of Art & Art History, opened for classes in fall 2015. Housed within are programs in art practice, design, art history, film and media studies, and documentary film and video.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero
McMurtry Building
The last bit of light in the sky reflects off a window on the McMurtry Building.
Image credit: L.A. Cicero
Blue hour
A biker stops to check out the latest event listings during the time of day known as the blue hour.
Image credit: Ian Terpin
Supermoon
The 2015 supermoon lunar eclipse could be seen over the Science and Engineering Quadrangle.
Image credit: Tamer Shabani
Hoover Tower bathed in cardinal red.
Hoover Tower bathed in Cardinal red during the run-up to the Big Game
Image credit: L.A. Cicero
Full moon
A full moon over a courtyard of the Main Quad at night
Image credit: Ian Terpin
Cobb Field
The Cobb Field track shot put ring at night
Image credit: Ian Terpin
Stanford Stadium
Stanford Cardinal football players wait to enter Stanford Stadium for a night game.
Image credit: Aaron Kehoe
The fountain outside Green Library.
The fountain outside Green Library
Image credit: Kate Chesley
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