Viking Seismic
March 9, 2007
My last big Gulf of Mexico job in 07 - marine mammal observing - mitigating the impact of seismic surveying offshore.
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Closeup-dolphinpack.6
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Cafe.4
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Img_0877.1
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Img_0890.
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Pmow2.1
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Img_0897.
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Sperm whale lower back. Just a tiny bit of sperm whale poking through...
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Sperm Whale Blow. This si about the best I can go on when they are more than 3km away - their blow is very distinctive1
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Carl Larsson. I never expected to see this painting in my room for decoration - but I was pleasantly surprised!1
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Laughing Gull. Lands in front of me!2
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Laughing.2
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Welding. This sums up my experience out here - the contrast between the beauty and tranquility of the ocean and the noise and fumes of being
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Laser.
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Backbridge.
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Greenmat.1
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Crispy. This sun-fried salty sea dog is well on his way to cultivating a true Captain Ahab / Abe Lincoln chin beard - yeah!!1
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Rainystern.
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Double Rainbow at Sunset.1
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Sunset Sky.2
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Chickenlegs.7
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Chimney.1
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Crackedpaint.3
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Redwheel.
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Superdarksun.4
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Snailsign.1
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Threestripe.1
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Gratefloor.
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Shinyropes.
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Containerwall.1
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Egretawesome.4
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Butt. Sometimes the Great Egret is not so graceful...3
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Airwalk. My work view...1
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Shades.5
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Starofdavid.1
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Ripples.
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4stripe.1
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Helideck.
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Bluemoth.3
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Greengrip.
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Greenribs.2
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Gritgrid.1
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Terminatorglow.
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Silhouette.1
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Spectacularsunrise.4
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Bondintro.1
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Jupiter.2
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Bell.
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Bellend.1
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Binoreflections. What happens when you stick the camera lens set to macro into some blue filter binoculars...
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Infinity. Prisoners of our own perception - the old infinity mirror trick!
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Dong.
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Trench.
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Coil.1
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Bow.
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Yello_fibers.10
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Octopus.
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Gloves.1
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Legs.1
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Orangeshimmer.
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Mercedes.3
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Poke.5
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Closeout.2
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Teahopuu.
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Chain.1
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Radioactive.
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Smokeray.
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Whichway.
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Spirits.
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Newsunset.1
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Nautilus.4
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Smallchopper.
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Embark.
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Heatripplechopper.
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Dolphinsorange.2
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Waterfilm.2
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Headpoke. Note the characteristic black goggles and the white tip on the beak with the white 'lips' of the Pantropical Spotted Dolphin1
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Duosplash.1
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Beakdip.
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Mama-y-nino. There juveniles were paired off with an adult for the entire time that the pod was bow-riding our ship1
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Adult Male Orchard Oriole. This guy is a long way from home!1
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Young Male Orchard Ori.
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Young Male Orchard Oriole.1
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Adult Male Orchard Oriole.
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Peregrine Falcon.3
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My new office.
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My new office.
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Chuck Wills Widow. A type of Nightjar orNighthawk - although not related to hawks. Its nocturnal - and one of the funniest lookin birds in e
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Chuck Wills Widow.
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Chuck Wills Widow.2
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Strange light. Before sun rise - and lightning in the clouds give a blue tinge to the clouds
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Strange light. Before sun rise - and lightning in the clouds give a blue tinge to the clouds
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Craziness. We had to fire a flare to stop a shrimp boat from hitting us in the mist - this guy must have been asleep at the wheel. Its was a1
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Hummingbird Fluff. A hummingbird bumped into the window and left a little souvenir...3
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Mourning Dove. These cold fronts bring new visitors from the land.1
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Heading into a storm.1
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Just before that storm hi. When this pics was taken the wind was 5kts. 2 minutes later and the wind was 55kts!
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Caught in a storm. Our engines were down and we were being towed by a tug, when this storm hit us out of the blue
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Moorhen.2
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Stare!.7
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Egrets in File.4
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Egrets.1
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Green Heron.
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Storms looming again.
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Even Egrets get sea sick.4
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Storm Fatality.1
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Our supply boat in the st.1
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Our supply boat in the st. These are full size containers on the back - to give you an idea of scale.1
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Brown Pelican.2
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