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World Oceans Day 2020

World Oceans Day 2020

More plastic than fish by weight by 2050. That is just an amazingly horrifying prediction. For sure, in a year where "alarming trends" seem to be hitting us from everywhere, it is easy to feel numb by now. The year 2020 may just well go down in history unmatched in...

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Kodiak harbor photos

My stay on Kodiak Island was rather brief. It was shortened in the beginning due to an approaching storm, which meant the float planes need to get you off the island in a hurry. It was shortened on the way back for the same reason, combined with a lot of rain. All the...

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Grizzly Bear catching salmon

Here's an action shot that I liked from Katmai, photographed at Geographic Harbor.   The importance of high shutter speeds really hit home on this trip, and the benefits of high ISO capabilities in cameras.   This one is ISO 1250 on my D700, which yielded a 1/1250 sec...

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