• Pink Clouds at Dawn (17-June-2014)

    Eleven-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Summer 2014 Semester Voyage.

    Dawn pink clouds over the Atlantic Ocean viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer as we traveled from England to Portugal. I was out most mornings and evenings to watch the sun rise and set while on the Semester at Sea voyages. Semester at Sea no longer does the Enrichment Voyages or the Summer Semester Voyages.

    Pink clouds at dawn over the Atlantic Ocean from the deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera.
    Pink clouds at dawn over the Atlantic Ocean. Viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera.

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  • Noctilucent Clouds (10-June-2013)

    Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea, Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage. Baltic Sea.

    Noctilucent Clouds viewed from my cabin on the MV Explorer while traveling from Stockholm to Copenhagen while crossing the Baltic Sea. Noctilucent clouds are high-altitude clouds that appear as glowing blue or silver streaks in the night sky, typically visible during summer months at high latitudes (or winter months in the southern hemisphere). They are tiny ice crystals illuminated by the sun below the horizon and only visible from the ground during astronomical twilight.

    Noctilucent Clouds Over the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 28 mm f/1.8 lens (ISO 800, 28 mm, f/1.8, 1 sec).

    More images of Noctilucent Clouds are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


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  • Sunset Sailboat Silhouette (09-June-2013)

    Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea, Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage.

    Sailboat passing in front of the setting sun viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer on the Baltic Sea. For several voyages we have been having a contest to capture images of ships passing in front of the rising or setting sun while at sea.

    Silhouette of a Sailboat Passing in Front of the Sun at Sunset from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Crossing the Baltic Sea from Stockholm to Copenhagen. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec).
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  • Shadow Photographers (04-June-2010)

    Fifteen-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2010 Enrichment Voyage. Day 9 on the MV Explorer, Caribbean Sea.

    The shadows of three photographers waiting for the sun to set on the deck of the MV Explorer. We were on the voyage as part of Michael Mariant’s “Ultimate Travel Photography” workshop. Every night we watched the sun set hoping to see and record the “Green Flash” as the sun goes below the horizon. Note the size of the telephoto lenses — mine was the small one in the middle.

    Shadow Photographers Waiting for Sunset on the M/V Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 24 mm f/1.4G lens (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec).
    Shadow Photographers Waiting for Sunset on the M/V Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 24 mm f/1.4G lens (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec).

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  • Rainbow at Sea (29-May-2010)

    Fifteen-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2010 Enrichment Voyage.

    An early morning rainbow visible from the deck of the MV Explorer as we approached San Juan, Puerto Rico. Several of the photographers in Michael Mariant’s Ultimate Travel Photography workshop were up early to check out the sunrise before arriving in Puerto Rico when the rainbow appeared.

    Rainbow and clouds over the Atlantic Ocean from the deck of the M/V Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 50 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 100, 50 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec).

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  • HM Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (26-May-2013)

    Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage, North Sea.

    HM Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (Stac Pollaidh, G-BIMU) hovered near the MV Explorer as we traveled across the North Sea from Dover to Oslo. It may have been a training exercise as no one from the Enrichment Voyage needed to be transported for medical treatment. I am not sure where the helicopter was based, but the Stac Pollaidh name is a mountain in the northwest Scottish Highlands.

    Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Hovering Near the Semester at Sea M/V Explorer in the North Sea. Image taken with a Nikon D4 and 80-400 mm VRII lens
    HM Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Hovering Near the Semester at Sea M/V Explorer in the North Sea. Image taken with a Nikon D4 and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/14, 1/800 sec).
    Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Hovering Near the Semester at Sea M/V Explorer in the North Sea.
    HM Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Crew. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 800, 400 mm, f/13, 1/640 sec).

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  • Brown Booby in Flight (07-May-2011)

    Fourteen-years ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2011 Enrichment Voyage.

    Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight over the Pacific Ocean. Viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer while traveling between Costa Rica and Panama. The Brow Boobies seemed to be following the ship — possibly looking for fish in ship’s wake.

    Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight. Viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer traveling between Costa Rica and Panama. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens

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