Massive Container Freighter Ship MSC TOMOKO PANAMA Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. in the Santa Barbara Channel. Look at those containers the size of an 18-wheel trailer, stacked 6-7 high, 17 wide, and in 17 rows for maybe 1700 containers. Ten of us docent types from Morro Bay, CA, take a 4-hour Whale Watching boat trip tour on the Condor Express www.condorcruises.com/ out of Santa Barbara, CA, to Santa Cruz Island in the Channel Islands in Central-Southern California, on Labor Day 07 Sept 2009. Organized by Rouvaishyana of the CA State Park Museum of Natural History in Morro Bay, CA. Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, mike [at} mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com; Canon 5D, Canon 100-400mm Lens with circular polarizer (which made a big difference) handheld on a moving boat.

10 Nov 2010: Creative Commons request approved: tricksofthrush has sent you a message on Flickr. Subject: www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/3898801499/ Date: 10th November, 2010. I'm putting together photos for an illustrated book on Karl Marx, and I think your photo would work well with it. If you contribute, you will receive a copy of the book and a photo credit. To contribute, you'll need to sign an agreement with us, which I will provide, and send a high res version of the image. Let me know at jake {at] markbattypublisher d o t com if you are interested or have questions. Best, Jake A: Jake, that's fine with me. If you send me a release form I can digitally sign and e-return it. www.flickr.com/people/mikebaird/#credit also answers every question ever asked about using one of my photos under Creative Commons (CC) Attribution: How to attribute, access full-resolution versions, how to link back to the image page, and how to please comment on the image used linking to your use. The highest resolution version (4214 x 2810) is already posted at www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/3898801499/sizes/o/ My address for a copy of the book is: "Mike" Michael L. Baird, mike {at] mikebaird d o t com Bairdphotos.com 2756 Indigo Circle