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February 24, 2007

Golden Sunrise

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09JAN2007: road to Merowe, Sudan
Canon SD450
I had been in the Sudan for 9 days, and hadn't been back to my father's village in 16 years. The last time I went back was prior to the floods in 1989 that had wiped the whole village off the face of the earth. Now I returned to find it rebuilt, with running water and electricity. I was only able to stay for one night and had leave early the next morning. This is what I saw early that morning as we drove off.

February 10, 2007

Skittering

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20JAN2007: San Francisco, CA
Canon SD450

Walking to Moishe's Pippic on a lazy Saturday afternoon, with Dr Germ, I saw this streak. Usually contrails tend to be solid and to dissipate slowly, but these seemed to cut in and out. It reminded me of a flat stone skittering across the surface of a lake.