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January 20, 2006 - Pearl Harbor

 

Group at Pearl Harbor
The group at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor

 

Oil slick in Pearl Harbor   ranger
Two litres of oil a day leak from the USS Arizona's half-million gallons of fuel oil still in its tanks. Note the black spot of oil which some believe are the tears of the lost sailors   Jennifer Burbank, dive officer for water quality, dives every month to check the integrity of the Arizona's hull

 

USS Arizona
The USS Arizona

 

Radar In Transit   Rainbow over Arizona
The Sea-Based X-Band Radar ("SBX") missile defense system stops in Pearl Harbor for maintenance and inspection on its way to the Aleutian Islands    

 

Harry Hemond and Gun Turret
Professor Harry Hemond in front of the Arizona

 

30 foot wave at Northern Oahu Pipeline Beach - those tiny dots are surfers!

 

Sheila continually warns not to turn your back on Hawai'i's surf. She should take her own advice.

 

 

Another view of Northern Oahu Pipeline Beach

 

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