Sky Delights

Last week I spent three days in eastern Prince William Sound helping run an oil spill response exercise. I finally had a chance to look through my pictures and consider what I wanted to share about this experience. For a variety of reasons, I don't normally write here about my work with the Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation, a habit I don't intend to change.

As I scanned my photos, I decided that what struck me about them had nothing to do with the work we were doing out there, but instead the incredible views of the sky we were treated to. Nature's glory truly is amazing, and I wanted to share a bit of it with you. I hope you enjoy these images. I just wish I'd had my DSLR camera with me instead of just my point-and-shoot, but it seemed like too much trouble to carry around.

 

 

That's a line of boats waiting to work hanging out to the left of the island.

 

The arc of the rainbow on the right is the end of the one in the photo above. I thought this set of rainbows was interesting because the short segment to the left doesn't follow the same arc as the right one. I've never seen that before.

 

A bowpicker (gillnet fishing boat) waiting to be put to work.

Most of the boats spent the third day of the exercise trying to work in this fog bank. Pea soup, indeed.

 

Bailey, the Faithful's boat dog. He was a sweetheart and tried his best to convince me I need a Springer Spaniel.

 

 

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