If you look closely at the image above you’ll see that two of the Snowbirds CT-114 Tutors have their landing lights on while the other seven have their nose lights on.
Snowbird 6, Outer Right Wing Captain Maciej Hatta (Gdansk, Poland) told me that this is done when a nose light burns out on one of the jets – it and the mirror position Snowbird will switch to their landing lights to maintain visibility and symmetry within the formation.
and now you know…
The RCAF Snowbirds spring training at CFB Comox – 13 April 2015
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The RCAF Snowbirds flying over Georgia Strait during their spring training
The RCAF Snowbirds flying over the Comox Valley during their spring training
One of the great photography truths of photography is that you will rarely if ever have brought the lens you wish you had brought with you.
A long telephoto lens would have been handy here, but my main goal at the time involved scrambling over rocks while trying to avoid falling into the ocean as I shot close up images underneath a ferry dock.
Such is life…
Queen of Burnaby crossing Georgia Strait
Queen of Burnaby at BC Ferries Little River Terminal
The tide line at Kye Bay – a mix of herring roe and sea weeds
Sand dollars have a rigid skeleton (known as a test) consisting of calcium carbonate plates arranged in radial pattern. In live sand dollars the test is covered by a skin of velvet-textured spines that are covered with very small hairs (cilia).
A live sand dollar at Kye Bay
Dead sand dollars are missing the spines and are bleached white by sunlight. Black sand dollars are alive and should be left where they are.
If you want to gather live sand dollars you may do so Apr 1 – Mar 31 IF you have a valid BC Salt Water Fishing Licence.
and now you know…
Not your normal view of the Queen of Burnaby at BC Ferries Little River terminal
This was actually quite safe but not a place I would recommend you poke about…
