A magnificent stand of wildflowers

Alaska waterway with snow-covered mountains

Offshore rocks covered with bird excrement

Offshore rocks covered with bird excrement

Allen Shimada beachcombing on Unimak Island

The foam from the last of a wave coming ashore on a Massachusetts beach

Foam and surf highlighted by the afternoon sun.

Sand and cobble beach with vegetation covered dune behind.

Little boy throwing stones into the sea on a cool late spring day on the beach.

Thrown and run back from the encroaching sea. Looks like twins having fun on a late spring day on the beach.

Foam and sun glint

Marine debris washed ashore. Derelict lobster pots with associated lines which can entangle marine fauna.

The Monterey waterfront silhouetted in the late afternoon with fog billowing in off the sea.

A scene out of Cannery Row. A fishing boat moored off the Montery Fish Co. pier.

The Space Needle seen from the air.

Oxbow lakes on Arctic tundra on a flight to Point Barrow.

Flying over the Arctic coastline prior to landing at Barrow. Note the ice near the shoreline.

Flying over the Beaufort Sea turning for approach to Barrow.

Eroding shoreline at Barrow. As ice decreases the effect of storms will increase as wave action will ultimately eat away the bluffs along the shoreline.

Eroding shoreline at Barrow. As ice decreases the effect of storms will increase as wave action will ultimately eat away the bluffs along the shoreline.

Arctic wildflowers at the northernmost city in Alaska

Walking down the main street of Barrow.

The Barrow Transit Station.

A long way to everywhere from Barrow.

Snowmobile crossing. Not today, but for much of the year.

Aerial view of Barrow.

Aerial view of Barrow with airport beyond town.

Aerial view of Barrow

South Pass Light on the marking an entrance channel to the Mississippi River. Unknown if pre- or post-Katrina.

Pilottown pre-Katrina. This is where river pilots would board ships bound upriver or debark after having piloted ships downriver bound for the Gulf of Mexico.

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Seattle waterfront, Space Needle, and NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA.

Point Loma seen from the NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA entering San Diego Harbor.

Point Loma seen from the NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA entering San Diego Harbor.

The NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA tied up at Broadway Pier, San Diego.

The bow of the NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA approaching Broadway Pier.

A Massachusetts beach in the summer.

Looking over an algae covered tidal flat at low tide towards the Juneau cruise ship docks.

Small boat marina at Juneau.

Small boat marina at Juneau.

Fishing vessels on the ways at Juneau.

Low tide in the Juneau area.

Small boat marina in the Juneau area.

A winter wonderland harbor at Dutch Harbor.

Coming into Dutch Harbor on the NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN in the winter.

The San Diego skyline as seen from the NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA approaching Broadway pier.

The Kona Coast of Hawaii as seen from the NOAA ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE.

The Captain Cook monument at Kealakekua Bay, where he was struck down and killed.

The Captain Cook monument at Kealakekua Bay, where he was struck down The Captain Cook monument at Kealakekua Bay, where he was struck down

Magnificent Hawaiian flora.