Las Vegas 2011 - 13 August

I went to the Star Trek Convention at the Rio Hotel today. The Rio has some really nice art on the walls...

Painting of a room at right with wooden multicolored chair at left

...but that’s not what I came to see. Here are some pictures from the convention.

Woman in flowing gown leading a “horta” which is on a remote-controlled wheeled platform. Man dressed as Khan (as in “Wrath of...”) Man and woman in Star Fleet uniforms on either side of Q (dressed as “judge”) Klingon Warrior and Grand Nagus Zek Trek-fish bumper medallion Mudd and his women Woman with Bajoran earring Woman dressed as Bajoran Kai Msan holding machine gun, dressed as gangster from “A Piece of the Action” Man dressed as Ensign Wesley Crusher Man in t-shirt reading “Spatial anomaly” and wearing a shuttlecraft model with Geordi and Data flying the craft Man in starfleet uniform holding a Spock teddy bear Man in gold Romulan uniform Man dressed as Klingon from the original series Three men dressed as “Yangs” Vulkan warrior (“Amok Time”) and woman in orange halter top Man dressed as Data, woman as Jadzia Dax Man with half-black half-white face

On the way back, I passed the University of Nevada at Las Vegas’s Solar Site.

Sign showing 779,309 kwh net energy produced from solar power station Array of octagonal solar collectors at UNLV Solar Site Large rectangular solar collector