Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>snippet< > > Kirimati is big enough to have two hotels and air service. > Despite its being a former British nuclear test site, it > is now safe in terms of radiation hazard. There is a lot > of cast-off military hardware littering the edges of the > island, but it serves more as a replacement for pandanus > leaves in the roofs of huts than as a danger. Piles of > rusting scrap metal serve as landmarks. > > There is spectacular fishing for bonefish on the shallow > sand flats around the island. It's slow film country; the > light is incredibly intense, being very near the equator. > Is the hardware all melted and the fish flipping around in the trees? Big turtles crossing deserts? ref: "Mondo cane" (1962) Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/