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“Thank you, Veterans!” from an Air Force brat (me!)
PICTURE OF THE MOMENT
As the brat of an Air Force aviator, thank you to all of our service members — Air Force, Navy, Marines, Army, and Coast Guard (most people seem to forget about our Coast Guard).
I took the picture of the bald eagle at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park and the United State Flag at a car dealership down the road. I combined them and added the text in CorelDRAW X5, then framed the resulting picture in Corel PaintShop Pro X4.
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If you’re lucky, you might see a submarine
San Diego is a warm-weather city with one of the best protected natural harbors in the world.
The weather and the harbor combine to create a 12-month boating season.
In the harbor on any given day there are:
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ski boats
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sail boats
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tall ships
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nuclear-powered aircraft carriers
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Navy destroyers
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harbor police boats
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tug boats
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U.S. Coast Guard boats
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America’s Cup yachts
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mega yachts (When your average yacht just won’t do)
and, if you’re really lucky, submarines:
Find other posts in my Picture of the Moment series by clicking on the logo at the upper right.
Not all car washes are created equal….
Across the bay from downtown San Diego is Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado where there is lots of activity by planes, ships, and helicopters. Since they get dirty, sometimes they have to be washed. This helicopter, for example:
…is not coming in for just any landing. It’s next in line at the helicopter wash, as soon as this one is finished:
All clean! Move ‘em out!
Pictures taken by Russel Ray using a Canon 550D.
Post-processing done in Corel PaintShop Pro X4.
Find other posts in my Picture of the Moment series by clicking on the logo at the upper right.
The Pacific Ocean crashes ashore
The Pacific Ocean was crashing ashore along the San Diego coast yesterday, so I went out to get some pictures. Although in retrospect (i.e., after reading the paper this morning) I think I went to the wrong place, I still got some good pictures.
I was at Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach when I should have been at the Ocean Beach pier or at Boomer or Horseshoe in La Jolla where waves were reportedly up to eighteen feet.
Surfers were out, as was one jetski that I saw, but mostly it was spectators taking pictures of family and friends with the waves crashing in the background. Rescue and tourist helicopters were also out, and at least one surfer had to be rescued.
I went to Sunset Cliffs because there’s a reason why “Cliffs” is in the name. It’s a beautiful area of San Diego that is very accessible to the masses, and I was one of the masses.
Eric Cooper
Pacific Ocean waves crashing ashore at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego
Waves crashing ashore at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego
Birds watching the waves crashing ashore
Jet ski tackling the waves at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego
Saying goodbye to the USS Ronald Reagan
Went to downtown San Diego to say goodbye to the USS Ronald Reagan as she left to go to Washington for a year’s worth of upgrades. She’s been a mainstay at the North Island Naval Station since 2004, except for those six-month deployments over the years. – Eric Cooper
