Location: Greenland
Date: January 2003
Duration: A few hours
Distance: 40000 feet of altitude
Transportation: commercial airliner
Date: January 2003
Duration: A few hours
Distance: 40000 feet of altitude
Transportation: commercial airliner
Flying over Greenland on Januray 21st 2003, from London to San Francisco...
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Location: Farallon Islands, California
Date: September 29th 2002
Duration: one day
Distance: 20 miles
Transportation: boat
Author: Hugues Wisniewski
Date: September 29th 2002
Duration: one day
Distance: 20 miles
Transportation: boat
Author: Hugues Wisniewski
On September 29th 2002 we did a whale watching trip to the Farallon Islands,
26 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge to observe humpback whales and blue whales.
Along the way we met other marine mammals like white sided dolphins, porpoises, sea lions, many bird species like common murres and puffins. Through the clear surface of the ocean, amazing creatures could be seen like big jellyfishes and a huge hungry fish making us wish we had a 'bigger boat'...
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Along the way we met other marine mammals like white sided dolphins, porpoises, sea lions, many bird species like common murres and puffins. Through the clear surface of the ocean, amazing creatures could be seen like big jellyfishes and a huge hungry fish making us wish we had a 'bigger boat'...
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Location: Florida
Date: December 2003
Duration: one week
Distance: 500 miles
Transportation: car
Date: December 2003
Duration: one week
Distance: 500 miles
Transportation: car
One week in Florida to visit the Everglades, driving to Key West, swimming with manatees...
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Location: Kauai, Hawaii
Date: August 2005
Duration: one week
Date: August 2005
Duration: one week
One week in Kauai, Hawaii, visiting the Na Pali Coast, flying over Waimea Canyon in a helicopter,
swimming with sea turtles at Tunnels Beach, enjoying the view at Koke'e State Park...
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Location: Bodie, California
Date: July 28th 2003
Transportation: car
Date: July 28th 2003
Transportation: car
Rainy day in the ghost town of Bodie. A trip back in time to the wild wild west of the 1850s.
W.S. Bodey discovered gold in the middle of remote desert several miles away from Mono Lake, 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.
The mining boomed from 1877 to 1882.
It survived a few disastrous fires. Only a few of the many houses remain today...
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W.S. Bodey discovered gold in the middle of remote desert several miles away from Mono Lake, 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.
The mining boomed from 1877 to 1882.
It survived a few disastrous fires. Only a few of the many houses remain today...
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Location: Crissy Field, San Francisco, California
Date: October 3rd 2009
Date: October 3rd 2009
Sunny, windy and gusty day on San Francisco Bay around Crissy Field.
The wind looked powerful but weak close to the shoreline making it tough for windsurfers to take off.
Kitesurfers all agreed the conditions were gusty that day. Some reported a nine foot swell outside the Golden Gate bridge where most kitesurfers were located...
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The wind looked powerful but weak close to the shoreline making it tough for windsurfers to take off.
Kitesurfers all agreed the conditions were gusty that day. Some reported a nine foot swell outside the Golden Gate bridge where most kitesurfers were located...
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Location: Hookipa, Maui, Hawaii
Date: September 1st 2009
Date: September 1st 2009
A beautiful windy day at Hookipa Beach Park on Maui's north shore in Hawaii.
The trade wind was strong and steady.
A beautiful swell for a summer day. Almost every windsurfer was equiped with Naish boards and sails.
What a blast...
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What a blast...
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Location: Las Vegas, Death Valley, Mono Lake
Date: June 2009
Duration: 2 days
Distance: 370 miles
Transportation: car
Date: June 2009
Duration: 2 days
Distance: 370 miles
Transportation: car
A two day road trip from Las Vegas, Nevada to Bridgeport, California,
through Pahrump, Nevada crossing Death Valley national park, and up north to Mono Lake...
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