Nirvana: a state of perfect happiness; an ideal or idyllic place. 9 stitched images for this massive panoramic mountain range. Anything less would have been an injustice!...
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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Water Damaged
Testing new waters (heh, heh)!! Adding a different “face” to one my recent photographs – here’s a panoramic of 5 images stitched together....
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Pine Island Lighthouse, and oh yeah… a spray of life!
In the right forefront is the flat slab of the helicopter pad which marks where the original lighthouse stood until it was washed away by a rogue...
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Portholes, Decks, Glitz, Retro and a Champagne Pyramid
Figured it was about time to take a tour of this behemoth…....
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The Pilot Boat
NO, not a pilot boat to “lead” the ship, but truly bringing the captains’s replacement on board while both boats kept steaming ahead!! This tricky maneuver was completed...
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My First Thought Was …
“The fog’s just lifting. Throw off your bow line; throw off your stern. You head out to South channel, past Rocky Neck, Ten Pound Island. Past Niles...
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Opening Curtain
Nature (and/or God) couldn’t have created a more spectacular and dramatic opening scene to this gray morning!! Get a load of that horizon!! Looking west toward Vancouver Island....
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Tug and Barge
Heading north through the Strait of Georgia, a major shipping thoroughfare. Thick early morning fog and clouds are typical, but it won’t deter these vessels one bit!...
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Traffic Jam in Burrard Inlet
Leaving the city behind while gliding out of Vancouver Harbor and into Burrard Inlet, I fully grasped why the Ballantyne and its neighboring ship terminals were so enormous. As we headed West...
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Shades of Blue
And, it’s only day 2!! Sunny day, clear blue skies all day, 70-degree weather, mountain peaks and ranges that grow and expand to even higher majestic walls of rock,...
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Point Atkinson Lighthouse – 2 more…
A few more views of Pt. Atkinson as the ship navigates past the lighthouse… To get an idea of how many lighthouses are scattered around Canada, and PARTICULARLY...
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Point Atkinson Lighthouse
At the mouth of Burrard Inlet and just before entering the waters of the Strait of Georgia is the Point Atkinson Lighthouse. The original lighthouse was built...
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A Most Visible Commodity
I immediately was drawn to what we guessed was a pile of sulfur ready for shipments to parts unknown. Locals stated that this sulfur pile is always there....
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Heave Ho, Anchors Aweigh, and all that stuff!
Places to go, things to do, people to see… hard to believe this was only a 24-hour stay....
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Waiting Impatiently …
… for a herd of 1200 travelers to disembark, get in these cabs and get outa the way … now it’s our turn to hit he high seas!! S’long, Vancouver, you...
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