Gallery IV ~ Vieques & Culebra above the waves

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PRA1 - "A Pirate Island"
The verdant peak of Monte Pirata watches over blue green Caribbean shores, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 2005. 





PRA2 - "Neptune's Egg"
Erosional rocks and boulders near magnetite beach, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2005.





PRA3 - "Gorgon's Head"
Weathered formation and fissure in magnetite riddled cliff by the sea.





PRA4 - "Temple of the Elements"
Eroded igneous bedrock joins the sea in the house of the sky, near black sand beach, Vieques, 2005.





PRA5 - "Wake, Wash: Laminations of Time" 
Mollusk shell in beach wave deposition, near black sand beach, Vieques, 2005.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
- Sir Isaac Newton






PRA6 - "Compass Spun, Lode's Dilemma, Noise in the Signal"
Shell near black sand beach, magnetite in the grains, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2005.





PRA7 - "The Leewards"
Cozy bungalow getaway near Esperanza, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2005.





PRA8 - "... to have a Castle on an Island in the Sun"
The low hills of Vieques seen from Puerto Real, the harbor at Esperanza, 2002.





PRA9 - "Artisinal Blue"
A small fishery for a local market - fish, lobster, and conch, Esperanza, Vieques, 2002. 





PRA10 - "Artisinal Red" 
A local fishery anchors small vessels near the old sugar plantation dock, Esperanza, Vieques, 2002.

PRA11 - "Peaceful Seas"
The old Spanish fort  (Fuerte de Vieques) looks out over Isabella Segunda and island neighbors, Vieques, 2005. 

PRA12 - "In This Small World"
Isabella Segunda through arch of the old Spanish fort (Fuerte de Vieques), 2005.





PRA13 - "Night Descends"
Hills and sky silhouette at peaceful day's end at Crow's Nest Inn, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2005.

PRA14 - "Caribbean Sunset"
Evening arrives in the garden of the Crow's Nest Inn, cue the coqui, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2005.

PRA15 - "A Very Hungry Caterpillar"
A caterpillar in the night clings to a leaf, Vieques, 2005.





PRA16 - "Ghost Cat, Bites the Hand..."
A feisty morning companion, stalks the night, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2005.

PRA17 - "This Fine Earth"
Sun sets over bird islands of Culebra amid boat's spray, 2003.

PRA18 - "World Turtle Departs"
Bird islands of Culebra, Puerto Rico, 2003.


“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively”
- Bob Marley 




PRA19 - "Quick Silver at Day's End"
Coconut palm on Green Beach, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2005.

PRA20 - "Antilles Horizon"
Evening on Green Beach, El Yunque mountain across the water, Vieques, 2005.

PRA21 - "Zone"
The Live Impact Area bombing range on the far eastern end of Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2002


…separation of the observer from the phenomenon to be observed is no longer possible.
- Werner Heisenberg







PRA22 - "Observation: Visible, Invisible"
View from Observation Post 1 at the Live Impact Area, eastern end of Vieques, 2002.

What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.
- Werner Heisenberg






PRA23 - "Tor Head"
The cliff face of Penasco Fossil rising over the seagrass and corals of Vieques, 2002.


For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
- Richard Feynman






PRA24 - "Silence"
Triple A target on bombing range, eastern end of Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2002.





PRA25 - "Final Flight of the Intruder"
Target practice on the LIA, an A6 and AAA, Vieques, 2002.





PRA26 - "On the Range"
A6 Intruder and wild horses on the bombing range,LIA, Vieques, 2002.

PRA27 - "Scar"
Remains of an A6 Intruder under the watchful eye of OP1 on the hill, LIA, Vieques, 2002.



All Along the Watchtower

"There must be some kind of way out of here,"
Said the joker to the thief, 
"There's too much confusion, 
I can't get no relief. 
Businessman they drink my wine, 
Plowman dig my earth
None will level on the line, nobody offered his word,"
- Bob Dylan







PRA28 - "Armored Chariot Division: 318"
Target on the Live Impact Area (LIA)  bombing range, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 2002. 





PRA29 - "Circa 2002"
Battle tank, LIA, Vieques, Puerto Rico.

PRA30 - "Fire in the Sky: Sunset at LIA Vieques"
Viewing sunset on the Live Impact Area bombing range, 2002.
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- Bob Marley


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