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Sunrise
I kicked off my Labor Day early this morning by driving out to the ocean and taking some sunrise pics. I went to Salisbury Beach on the Massachusetts side of the MA/NH state line and caught the actual sunrise. After that I drove over to Plum Island. I usually turn left when I cross the bridge onto the island and go to the lighthouse. This time I turned right and went to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. There is a beach on the ocean there and hiking trails through the salt marshes just inland from the Atlantic.
There were a lot of people at Salisbury watching the sun. More than I’ve ever come across on one of these little trips. It was probably because the sun came up at 6:14am or so. The last time I did a sun rise visit I think the sun came up just after 5:00. Big difference. The only people on the Plum Island beach were a middle aged couple who were clearly on a date. I tried very hard not to draw attention to myself and thus distract them from what I’m sure was a lovely morning. The trails I walked on had a bunch of people too but they were all using binoculars while I was using cameras. They were bird watching.
I took some digital pics with my Z5, I took some 35mm with my N90, and I took some 120 with my Lubitell. I shipped the film out for developing today along with three rolls I shot in August. Will I get the scans back before we leave for California next weekend? Not likely, but I’ll chose optimism and say I hope so.
For now… digital pics.
We start with Salisbury Beach and the start of Labor Day 2026.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513745844/in/album-72177720335487830
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746359/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746319/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695688/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695818/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513970595/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750139/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55512581687/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750689/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513698103/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751504/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751664/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513591031/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513975560/in/album-72177720335487830/
And there we have it. My morning pics. The highlights of the digital pics at least. The full album is here on Flickr. When I get the scans back I’ll add them to the album. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week so I don’t have to rely on a hotel’s wifi to upload them. Fingers crossed.
#AtlanticOcean #Massachusetts #NewEngland #nikonZ5 #photography #Sunrise -
Sunrise
I kicked off my Labor Day early this morning by driving out to the ocean and taking some sunrise pics. I went to Salisbury Beach on the Massachusetts side of the MA/NH state line and caught the actual sunrise. After that I drove over to Plum Island. I usually turn left when I cross the bridge onto the island and go to the lighthouse. This time I turned right and went to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. There is a beach on the ocean there and hiking trails through the salt marshes just inland from the Atlantic.
There were a lot of people at Salisbury watching the sun. More than I’ve ever come across on one of these little trips. It was probably because the sun came up at 6:14am or so. The last time I did a sun rise visit I think the sun came up just after 5:00. Big difference. The only people on the Plum Island beach were a middle aged couple who were clearly on a date. I tried very hard not to draw attention to myself and thus distract them from what I’m sure was a lovely morning. The trails I walked on had a bunch of people too but they were all using binoculars while I was using cameras. They were bird watching.
I took some digital pics with my Z5, I took some 35mm with my N90, and I took some 120 with my Lubitell. I shipped the film out for developing today along with three rolls I shot in August. Will I get the scans back before we leave for California next weekend? Not likely, but I’ll chose optimism and say I hope so.
For now… digital pics.
We start with Salisbury Beach and the start of Labor Day 2026.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513745844/in/album-72177720335487830
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746359/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746319/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695688/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695818/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513970595/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750139/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55512581687/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750689/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513698103/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751504/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751664/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513591031/in/album-72177720335487830/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513975560/in/album-72177720335487830/
And there we have it. My morning pics. The highlights of the digital pics at least. The full album is here on Flickr. When I get the scans back I’ll add them to the album. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week so I don’t have to rely on a hotel’s wifi to upload them. Fingers crossed.
#AtlanticOcean #Massachusetts #NewEngland #nikonZ5 #photography #Sunrise -
A couple of kilometres out on a kayak.
Not alone.
Behind me, across the bay, seal song sounded out from the caves.Not for the first time, from somewhere a butterfly fluttered by, heading towards the shore. For what seems an impossible adventure.
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A couple of kilometres out on a kayak.
Not alone.
Behind me, across the bay, seal song sounded out from the caves.Not for the first time, from somewhere a butterfly fluttered by, heading towards the shore. For what seems an impossible adventure.
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A couple of kilometres out on a kayak.
Not alone.
Behind me, across the bay, seal song sounded out from the caves.Not for the first time, from somewhere a butterfly fluttered by, heading towards the shore. For what seems an impossible adventure.
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A couple of kilometres out on a kayak.
Not alone.
Behind me, across the bay, seal song sounded out from the caves.Not for the first time, from somewhere a butterfly fluttered by, heading towards the shore. For what seems an impossible adventure.
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A couple of kilometres out on a kayak.
Not alone.
Behind me, across the bay, seal song sounded out from the caves.Not for the first time, from somewhere a butterfly fluttered by, heading towards the shore. For what seems an impossible adventure.
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Vortex of Survival: Baitball Frenzy on a North Carolina Shipwreck
We launched with Atlantis Charters (trip organized by Gotham Divers) and headed east into open Atlantic Ocean. This corridor of wrecks concentrates life: currents stack plankton, baitfish ride the structure, and predators cruise the edges. The top of the deck was approximately 85 ft deep, allowing for slight variation. The main action was positioned between 60 and 80 ft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmKtGsic3pY
The Hunt: How the Vortex Forms
At first, the baitfish flashed in loose silver sheets above the deck. The jacks pressed in from the perimeter. The school cinched into a sphere. Then, it formed a spiraling column—a living vortex—hovering just over the main deck. Strikes came from the flanks and below, using the flat steel as a base to pin the bait upward. The cycle repeated: circle, squeeze, break, reset.
Likely predators: jacks commonly seen on NC wrecks (e.g., greater amberjack or almaco jack).
Tactics observed: herding, pin-wheel circling, quick surge strikes from cover.Why Wrecks Amplify Predation
- Structure = leverage. Flat deck and vertical faces constrain escape routes and keep the baitball suspended just above steel, where predators can tighten the circle.
- Eddies & seams. The wreck’s wake creates small eddies that hold plankton, drawing in baitfish and the jacks that hunt them.
- Refuge–trap effect. The wreck feels like shelter to small fish, so it concentrates bait over hard structure; predators use the same edges and flat deck to corner and compress the school—turning “refuge” into a trap (an ecological trap).
Camera & Lighting Setup
- Camera: Panasonic GH5
- Lens: 14–42mm kit zoom paired with Nauticam wet wide lens (for fast switches to true wide FOV)
- Lights: Bigblue video lights for clean fill on the baitball’s outer skin and to hold color on the wreck details
- Approach: I stayed low to avoid splitting the school. Just hooover on the main deck of the ship wreck
Dive Conditions & Safety Notes
- Run: ~1 hour offshore from Atlantic Beach, NC
- Depth: ~80 ft to the deck; mid-water action above the superstructure
- Exposure: 5 mm wetsuit was comfortable
- Awareness: Mind surge along hull edges; track gas and NDLs closely at this depth.
Want to license this clip for editorial or commercial use? See my Licensing page
Credits
Boat: Atlantis Charters • Trip lead: Gotham Divers • Location: Offshore from Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
#atlanticOcean #baitballs #jacks #Nature #northCarolinaScubaDiving #seaLife #shipwrecks #Underwater #wildlife #wreckDiving -
Key Biscayne slams brakes on $250 million infrastructure project :
Moss seemed willing to unravel the whole plan, questioning the “dig once” strategy, saying that “this is stuff I lose sleep over.
#A #AECOM #ArmyCorpsofEngineers #AtlanticOcean #biscaynebay #Black&Veatch #BrettMoss #FernandoVazquez #K8basin #K8basin #resiliency #resiliencybond #sealevelrise #SteveWilliamson
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“If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.”
-Rachel Carson, upon receiving the National Book Award in 1952 for ‘The Sea Around Us’#ocean #AtlanticOcean #today #sunrise #poetry #LandscapePhotography #wondrous
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the wonder of the shore, darkening and brightening, storm and sun..
this afternoon, half hour apart…#AtlanticOcean #rainstorm #rainbow #JerseyShore #ocean #LandscapePhotography #wondrous
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some mornings, rising early brings an extraordinary gift…
#AtlanticOcean #sunrise #ocean #nature #wondrous #morningmeditation #PayingAttention #grateful
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I still feel the glow of sunset from last evening…
#sunset #wondrous #AtlanticOcean #ocean #NewJersey #LandscapePhotography
