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ABOARD USS CURTIS WILBUR (DDG 54), At sea (June 7, 2013) - Chief Engineman Cordon Phillips facilitates a commemorative presentation on the mess deck aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) about the Battle of Midway, fought June 2-7, 1942 during World War II. Curtis Wilbur, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan as part of the U.S. Navy’s Forward Deployed Naval Force, is currently underway participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise Thailand 2013. More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Thailand. U.S. Navy ships participating in the exercise include the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), Tortuga with embarked U.S. Marine Corps landing force, diving and salvage vessel USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick Dille) (RELEASED)
MALAYSIA (June 21, 2013) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the forward deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) use amphibious assault vehicles to advance on a training site off the coast of Malaysia during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timore Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cassandra Thompson/Released)
As part of the AFLOAT recovery project, ephemeral artist Sue Berry joined with each community to create a temporary public artwork using items that workshop participants brought along together with objects found.These footprints symbolically connected the communities and enable people to discuss their experience of the 2010/2011 floods through art and community building.
We have had enough rain that the pond's spillway is in use. What a change from the mudflat of just a few weeks ago.
This morning I saw something I've never encountered before. Ants mounded up and afloat, piled up, I think, on leaves and on each other. But, who could tell? Without capsizing them, of course. The water must have risen fast ...
I left them alone, but now I'm wondering how long and how far they might float.
I wish the photograph were better. My go-to lens (24-105mm) is visiting Canon at the moment. with the 30mm I couldn't get close at all. This image, however, is not cropped very much. I was more interested in the patterns than individual ants.
A performance by Feminist Art Workers for the Alternative Artspaces conference, 1978, Los Angeles. Pictured are Nancy Angelo and Cheri Gaulke. Laurel Klick is driving.
At the formal gardens, in the pool, beneath the waterfall cascading from Diana's Fountain: A single azalea blossom riding on the surface tension of the water; driven by breezes and a gentle current from the fountain it made one revolution of the pool in 17 minutes.
Artworks made by artist Holly Freeman, given away from her customised milk float in December 2010, with support from Wandsworth Arts Grants scheme.
SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 21, 2013) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the forward deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) form up for an amphibious assault exercise off the coast of Malaysia during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timore Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cassandra Thompson/Released)
Prosaic, this one. There is floating 'happening' here. Colourful and striking.
Old Town Square - Bratislava, Slovakia.
111002-N-NJ145-075 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (OCT 2, 2011) US NAVY 7th fleet band performs to a packed crowd at a concert held at Gadong Mall during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2011. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert Clowney/Released)
Holly Freeman gave original artworks away from a customised milk float in December 2010, with support from Wandsworth Arts Grants scheme.
A narrow boat of 'Goodwin Aggregates' glides gently past us on the Coventry Canal near Polesworth, North Warwickshire.
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Lilo-an Port, Cebu, Philippines. That massive island on the background is Negros.