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Being there...
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Being there...
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GTMOA1 - "Heat of the Day"
Turkey vulture atop a rock at a Leeward beach, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2004.
GTMOA2 - "Pink Palace at Dawn"
Crossing Guantanamo Bay by ferry at sunrise, 2004.
Crossing Guantanamo Bay by ferry at sunrise, 2004.
GTMOA3 - "Shed my Old Skin"
A crab carapace hooked to a driftwood trunk, lifted by surf at a rocky beach, 2004.
A crab carapace hooked to a driftwood trunk, lifted by surf at a rocky beach, 2004.
GTMOA4 - "Desert to the Sea"
GTMOA5 - "Beacon: The Old Lighthouse"
The historic lighthouse and museum, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2004.
The historic lighthouse and museum, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2004.
GTMOA6 - "Voltur: to pluck, to tear"
Turkey vulture launches past fence line into "No-Man's-Land," Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Turkey vulture launches past fence line into "No-Man's-Land," Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA7 - "Pebble Beach Pitter-patter"
Hatchlings head for the surf as a full moon rises, Pebble Beach, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Hatchlings head for the surf as a full moon rises, Pebble Beach, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.”
― H.G. Wells
GTMOA8 - "Those who Served"
Historic Naval Station Guantanamo Bay cemetery, 2004.
Historic Naval Station Guantanamo Bay cemetery, 2004.
GTMOA9 - "All things this thing Devours..."
Desert headland, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Desert headland, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA10 - "Ramble On,The Rumbles Remain"
Tank trails over the hills from the 1970's, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Tank trails over the hills from the 1970's, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA11 - "Time Travel"
GTMOA12 - "Rugged Life"
Desert vegetation clings to rugged crag, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Desert vegetation clings to rugged crag, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA13 - "Shade"
Desert vegetation and rocky faces, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Desert vegetation and rocky faces, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA14 - "...Until the King Returns"
GTMOA15 - "Desert Scrub"
In 1494, Christopher Columbus did not find the region very promising. Guantanmo Bay, 2004.
In 1494, Christopher Columbus did not find the region very promising. Guantanmo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA16 - "Black Monolith"
An eroded rocky outcrop stands sentinel over rugged hills and woody forest, Guantanamo bay, 2004.
An eroded rocky outcrop stands sentinel over rugged hills and woody forest, Guantanamo bay, 2004.
GTMOA17 - "John Paul Jones Sunrise"
Early morning view of John Paul Jones Hill, Guantanamo, 2004.
Hill, Heel, Hull, Keel,
Bonhomme Richard, Poor Benjamin,
Franklin says: ... We know the worth of water.
Early morning view of John Paul Jones Hill, Guantanamo, 2004.
Hill, Heel, Hull, Keel,
Bonhomme Richard, Poor Benjamin,
Franklin says: ... We know the worth of water.
- Anon.
GTMOA18 - "'Iguana' Beach"
A leeward beach, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
A leeward beach, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA19 - "Cyclura nubila"
The friendly reptile, a Cuban Rock Iguana at Phillip's Park, Guantanamo, 2003.
The friendly reptile, a Cuban Rock Iguana at Phillip's Park, Guantanamo, 2003.
GTMOA20 - "'I know something' - Mona Lisa Says"
A Cuban Rock Iguana, Cyclura nubila, Guantanamo Bay, 2003.
A Cuban Rock Iguana, Cyclura nubila, Guantanamo Bay, 2003.
GTMOA21 - "Here there be Dragons"
A Cuban rock iguana on lava rocks, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
A Cuban rock iguana on lava rocks, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Who trusted God was love indeed
And love Creation's final law
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shriek'd against his creed
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, "In Memoriam"
GTMOA22 - "The Archipallium Presents..."
Silhouetted Iguana, Guantanamo Bay, 2003.
Silhouetted Iguana, Guantanamo Bay, 2003.
GTMOA23 - "No Man's Land"
Egrets in a tidal marsh of No-Man's-Land, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Egrets in a tidal marsh of No-Man's-Land, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA24 - "Peaceful Tide"
Egrets in the tidal marsh of No-Man's-Land, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
Egrets in the tidal marsh of No-Man's-Land, Guantanamo Bay, 2004.
GTMOA25 - "Ferry Ride, Early Morn"
Crossing Guantanamo Bay at dawn, 2003.
Crossing Guantanamo Bay at dawn, 2003.
"... Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle, and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti , full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return!"
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1851
So says "Ishmael," the melancholy seaman;
the teller of the Tale;
Chronicler of Cap't. Ahab;
The one obsessed with a demon whale.
So says "Ishmael," the melancholy seaman;
the teller of the Tale;
Chronicler of Cap't. Ahab;
The one obsessed with a demon whale.
