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Culebra Aerial Photo for Computer Wall Paper
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Steve Shivers (---.hsd1.va.comcast.net)
Date:   02-23-06 20:02

In anticipation of my upcoming trip to Culebra, I downloaded the NOAA color aerial photos of the island from 1999 to get a birds eye view of the landscape. The high resolution pictures were great, although they were a bit washed out and contained flaws such as scratches and even hairs. One of them showing most of the island was taken later in the day, and the lower sun angle really highlighted the hills. I liked it so much that I spent some time enhancing the colors and cleaning up the flaws. It's now the wallpaper on both my work and home computers. I've put it online so anyone who wants it can view and/or save it. Warning - the high resolution version is 3.3 mb and will take forever to download using a dial-up connection. It can be found at:

http://sshivers.home.comcast.net/images/Culebra2c.jpg

A smaller version (174 kb) is at:

http://sshivers.home.comcast.net/images/Culebra2s.jpg

My enhancement may be a bit dark on some monitors, so if someone needs a lighter version, drop me an email and I'll make a brighter one available. My apologies to Luis Pena and Carlos Rosario fans, as they are off the edge of the photo. I'll be staying at La Pela Bay, so I was more interested in seeing the that area. Perhaps I'll eventually take the time to stitch two images together to create one image showing the entire island and surrounding cayos.

The source site for the photos is at:

http://www8.nos.noaa.gov/biogeo_public/aerial/search.aspx

S & L in VA
"Stercus Evenit"

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Re: Culebra Aerial Photo for Computer Wall Paper
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: hillman (---.prtc.net)
Date:   02-24-06 06:33


Steve, Thanks for sharing your work, nice job!

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Re: Culebra Aerial Photo for Computer Wall Paper
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Arroz (201.225.221.---)
Date:   02-24-06 11:29

Steve,

Great image. When I put set it as background I'm missing the point beyond Flamenco Beach. Is it my computer/video card or is it not part of the image?

Abe Ross

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Re: Culebra Aerial Photo for Computer Wall Paper
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Michael (---.c3-0.nyw-ubr2.nyr-nyw.ny.cable.rcn)
Date:   02-24-06 17:03

Steve, MAJOR kudos!

Enjoy Culebra!

Michael

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Re: Culebra Aerial Photo for Computer Wall Paper
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Steve Shivers (---.hsd1.va.comcast.net)
Date:   02-24-06 20:50

Hello Abe,

Your computer is fine. Unfortunately none of the photos from 1999 show the entire island on one frame. I guess when I said "My apologies to Luis Pena and Carlos Rosario fans, as they are off the edge of the photo" I should have just said everything west of Flamenco Beach is cut off. I expect somewhere along the line I'll combine two images into one so the whole island is covered. That will be quite a task since the color of adjacent photos doesn't seem to match too well. I already made a quick combination, but it doesn't look very good.

S & L in VA
"Stercus Evenit"

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Re: Culebra Aerial Photo for Computer Wall Paper
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: sweet (---.storycity.net)
Date:   02-25-06 11:36

I was looking at some other pictures at the noaa link and found Louis Pena and the missing northwestern part of Culebra. Image # 0584 will complete the island but I haven't a clue as to get it all together. Great link!

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Re: Culebra Aerial Photo for Computer Wall Paper
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Eunie (---.109.234.150.static.dejazzd.com)
Date:   03-02-06 11:17

Steve,

Great job! Very much enjoyed.

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