Dividing bodies of water

Newtown Creek Barge Sep 2010

 Had a theme to put together, a kind of preview of more to come.  Here is the Newtown Creek, which I explored with a couple of friends.  As you can see below, the creek is horribly polluted.  Slow leeching of oil and raw sewage has built up to an estimated total of 30 million gallons.  Only a week ago, the creek has been designated as a Superfund site.  Just as we sat photographing by this bridge, a trickle of oil trailed out of a nearby pipe. 

Displayed on bottom is the Gowanus Canal, a small body of water along Red Hook and several other Brooklyn neighborhoods.  For a long time the Gowanus has been a site of environmental cleanup, where oxygen levels remain too low to sustain life.

Newtown Creek Oil Slick Sep 2010

Gowanus Canal March 2010

Portfolio

"Yellowstone NP 5" Wyoming

I am excited to add a page to this blog, which you can find at the top of the right hand column, under the heading "More".  There you will see a link to this homepage, or one that takes you to my "New West" portfolio.  Please write comments, suggestions, or share your favorites.  This is a semi-permanent addition to the blog, and will only change to be updated.  There are currently 26 images that I am very proud to share on that page.  Enjoy.