Sunset in the Gulf of Mexico oil patch.

Abandoned oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico which was removed by explosives.

Standing on the helicopter deck of an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jack up oil and gas drilling rigs anchored off Cameron, Louisiana.

Winter sky over the Gulf of Mexico seen from the air as tugboat services offshore wells.

For most folks, its a long way home. A directional sign pointing to various locations in the U.S. New York is only 600 miles further from Sand Point than Portland, Oregon. Check it out on a globe with string and discover the great circle.

Agate Beach at Sand Point.

The Pass at Dutch Harbor seen through a stand of lupin.

A World War II concrete bunker at Dutch Harbor.

View of part of Dutch Harbor from Mt. Ballyhoo.

Small boat from the NOAA Ship McARTHUR II during humpback whale photo ID and biopsy operations. Looking to the Alaska Peninsula.

Seagull riding a tire down the Hudson River

George Washington Bridge

The airport terminal at Nanwalek.

Mountains, ice, and evergreens.

Which way is up? Photo #1. Alaska mountains and a mirror-like surface on a lake .

Which way is up? Photo #2. Alaska mountains and a mirror-like surface on a lake .

Overlooking Kasitsna Bay at sunset. Mt. Iliamna, an active volcano is in visible in the distance. Photo was taken from the deck of the bunkhouse at the Kasitsna Bay Laboratory

Grewingk Glacier on Kachemak Bay

CCFHR researcher Carolyn Currin investigates China Poot at low tide.

A view of Mt. Edgecumbe from the NOAA Ship RAINIER.

A diver's eye view of the Mendocino coastline. Kelp showing on surface of water .

The coxswains of two of the small boats from NANCY FOSTER patiently and cautiously tend to the divers below the surface. Operations off the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER.

The arcuate beach at Fish Ranch Bay. A survey boat from the NOAA Ship RAINIER is waiting for a shore survey party to complete its work.

An iceberg in Prince William Sound. The mountains in the background are veiled in mist.

Hubbard Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier on the North American continent . In contrast to most glaciers it has been advancing since first mapped in 1895 . If it's advance continues, it will close off Russell Fjord and make the largest glacier-dammed lake in North America in historic times.

The face of LeConte Glacier

An iceberg that has calved off of LeConte Glacier.

An almost round island in Prince William Sound as seen from the air at a low tide.

Working in the Inside Passage.

The Harbor at Pago Pago.

San Francisco waterfront ca. 1900. In: "John Cameron's Odyssey" 1928, private collection.

Honolulu waterfront in the days of sail ca. 1880's. In: "John Cameron's Odyssey" 1928, private collection.

Highland Lighthouse in the late afternoon sun.

Chesapeake Light off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Light off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay.

The NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON approaching the Inner Harbor at Baltimore.

A view of the Inner Harbor.

A cannon on the stern of the USS CONSTELLATION pointed at the stern of the NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON in the Inner Harbor.

Domes of St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Church in Baltimore.

The Patterson Park Pagoda on Fort Hill, Baltimore.

Looking down the spiral staircase of the Patterson Park Pagoda.

Fort Carroll Lighthouse in Baltimore Harbor.

Leaving Baltimore astern as the NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON departs for its next survey area.

The I-695 Francis Scott Key Bridge spanning Baltimore Harbor.

Looking up to the bottom of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Dual spans of the U.S. 50/ U.S. 301 Chesapeake Bay Bridge in upper Chesapeake Bay.

Coney Island Amusement Park on the southwest end of Long Island.

The Coney Island (Nortons Point) Lighthouse at Coney Island.

West Bank Range Front Light, Ambrose Channel, New York Harbor.