Today I was in the field. The field that scientists are always talking about, yet I had never been to. It was great fun! I clambered around three different lakes and pulled in traps and then sorted and collected stickleback. Then we took them back to the lab to run trials on, some of which I also did today, but still. NATURE! It was fun. I even got to see Anna Lake, which was lovely. Here are three that I feel are sort of a series. The second two are Justin, a grad student, wading into Lynne lake to fill a cooler full of fish with more water for transportation back to our University of Anchorage lab. See all the little stickleback fish in the closeup of the cooler? I love the way they huddle together. And I love the reflections of the sky in the water.
2 comments:
Go anna!!! That's my scientist-slash-photographer-slash-superwoman!
Superwoman, SUPERWOMAN? Hey, just don't get all tangled up in your cape.
You gotta' love how digital treats water. And you gotta' love that pristine feel of the average Alaskan landscape.
Joe McGinnis said in his book: "Going to Extremes", when ever you talk to anyone about the magnitude of the beauty of Alaska, everyone will accuse you of talking in superlatives, but to anyone who has been there, it's just the way it is.
P'taker
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