OK, this is probably the last in the razor wire series.
On the Inside Looking Out, Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq
Apr 292010
Apr 272010
I love this scene. It’s almost like the spiky weed stuff is trying to show the razor wire how it’s done. “No, no, no,” says the spiky weed stuff, “You’re doing it wrong. It’s like THIS!” Nature is so cool.
Razor wire x2, Kirkuk, Iraq
Jan 102010
I have a digital photo frame on my desk at work and this photo in particular keeps catching my eye every time it pops up:
Crepuscular Rays, Kirkuk, Iraq
See the streaky bits? Those are called crepuscular rays. Doesn’t that have such a nice ring to it? Crepuscular (kri-ˈpəs-kyə-lər – adjective - of, relating to, or resembling twilight). I just love saying it. Try it out at your next social gathering… “Hey, did you catch those crepuscular rays last night?” People will be impressed… trust me. There are also anticrepuscular rays, which are similar but they appear opposite from where the sun is, at the antisolar point. I’ve never seen anticrepuscular rays, but I’d like to. (You’ll find out eventually that I am a sucker for sunrises, sunsets and other sky-related phenomena).
The crepuscular ray photo was taken in Kirkuk, Iraq. As you may or may not know, I worked as a civilian contractor in Iraq from April of 2004 through October of 2006, much of that time being spent in Kirkuk. Generally, the skies provided the only splashes of natural beauty in an otherwise dusty brown world. Well, there were also the European bee eaters, but I’ll share that photo another day. In the meantime, here’s another Kirkuk crepuscular ray pic:
More crepuscular rays, Kirkuk, Iraq
