Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
3:22 pm St. Mary Lake
Dramatic skies this (darkish) afternoon; lots of folks out during a break in the monsoons.
Possibly to watch the airshow.
*There might be a short break in the stream of daily photos as we venture—weather/ferries permitting—off the Island and head to the big city for a few days.
The often photographed Seahorse and I watch a late autumn sky in Ganges Harbour.
The 16 second exposure, aided by a tripod and an absence of boat wake, helps portray the tranquility of this scene.
Once we get past the current monsoon-like weather, there may be more opportunities like this. In mid-to late December the sun rises straight out the harbour and, combined with humidity and the (usually) cold weather, a golden ice fog can form over the ocean’s surface.
Construction of the 89 000 square foot (8279 square-metre) Gulf Islands Secondary School began in May, 1992 with a project cost of just over 13 million dollars. The school opened in September 1994 with 678 students in grades 8 through 12. Salt Spring Middle School opened the following year in the old high school with students from grades 6 through 8, leaving GISS with grades 9 through 12.
At the time of opening, GISS was one of only a handful of buildings in British Columbia with ‘ground source’ heat; 20 kilometres of pipe collected heat five feet under the playing fields. And another 40 kilometres of pipe in the school’s floors provided radiant heat. The trend continues as the school now sports a huge solar array on the gym roof.
A late November moon rides fog banks above Salt Spring Island.
You might wonder at first, “What the heck is that”? I did.
It says ‘BOSCH’ on it, but I new right away it wasn’t a dishwasher.
It’s fairly high up a pole on the float plane dock in Ganges.
And by the time I wandered around the pole looking up at all the bits, I was sure there were lots of nice pictures of me somewhere. (I wonder where I can get a few copies?)
And some more pictures of me taking pictures of this picture-taking thingy.
And then I thought it might be a new high tech web cam, but there’s already a Nav Canada one at the Coast Guard station. (here)
So, really, I’m still wondering.