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Coast Guard Cutter WILLOW in the Cape Cod Canal
May 3 2015

Ccommissioned in April 1997, The Coast Guard Cutter WILLOW is sea-going buoy tender with a state-of-the-art navigation package that integrates the ship’s propulsion and positioning systems. WILLOW is one of the most advanced cutters in the Coast Guard fleet today, and routinely conducts it's primary mission, Aids to Navigation, in some of the most challenging and dangerous waterways in New England. WILLOW is responsible for 189 aids between its homeport of Newport, Rhode Island, and Bar Harbor, Maine, and periodically provides support for the maintenance of critical offshore weather buoys operated by the National Data Buoy Center branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

In addition to its primary mission of Aids to Navigation, WILLOW conducts Maritime Homeland Security and Living Marine Resources patrols, responds to Search and Rescue cases and has the ability to perform Mari...

During this time of my life (mid seventies) I am enthusiastically engaged in more or less full time photography. I think that my former professional life as an Environmental Scientist and University Professor has provided me with many useful tools that I now use in my photography. Among these are observational skills, technical understanding, and, perhaps, most important, patience. In short, I am comfortable with the mechanics of my camera and the nuances of the computer software that I use. What is new and exciting to me, is the opportunity to pursue the goal of conveying the beauty and diversity of my surroundings through photography and photographic techniques. Although I have lived in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts for many...