A girl behind every tree. by Sea_Dog
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One of my first duty stations in the Navy was on the island of Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Just about as remote a place as you can find. I was lucky enough to merit an "accompanied" tour which meant Mrs Sea Dog came along. For the unaccompanied sailors and bachelors it was a different story, however.
To re-assure the new guys coming to Adak who heard of that problem us old timers developed, with a saior's wry humor, the phrase "Don't worry, when you get here you'll find an unattached girl behind every tree".
As you can see there were a lot of lonely guys back then.
Enjoy
Comments (32)
MOSKETON
FANTASTICA IMAGEN.
Blush
Awesome image I have up well sorta a few new ones Would love for you to drop by when ya can Susan~
bkhook
Beautiful shot and landscape.
Chipka
This is stunning! In a way this could be another world...something better than what George Lucas would come up with, and even if he did come up with something like this, he'd give it a goofy name. Anyway, I'm on a ramble here, so I'm gonna shut up and just say that this is a great photo. I love the colors, especially since the predominance of white doesn't really wash anything out. Fantastic and well seen!
beachzz
LOL, though I don't suppose it was very funny to those poor guys!!
jeroni
Beautiful composition. excellent work
prutzworks
cool story behind great shot I can feel the cold (btw photo looks a bit like a terragenrender lol)
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, i would have slightly tilted the image to the left to get the horizon straight..
Arrogathor
Lol. Lovely image and story.
Alex_Antonov
Outstanding work!
flavia49
Fantastic shot!!! I like this barren place!!! and I support these poor newcomers. Many years ago ( during the Cold War) in the Northeast side of Italy there were the barracks of almost all Italian Army as well as those of NATO and the US Army/Aviation. In some small villages in the mountains at border with former Yugoslavia, where temperaratures in winter are as cold as Siberia and the villages are isolated in the valleys , there were around 10,000 soldiers vs 1,000 civilans (from newborns to decrepit males and females) . In some way it was as frustrating as Adak or worse since there you can see (maybe) just a female.
sandra46
splendid shot! a fantastic landscape, and i like the story!
MagikUnicorn
The Earthquake state ;-) Beautiful shot
Cosme..D..Churruca
superb pic!
A_Joker_B
Great scene!
tennesseecowgirl
Beautiful shot, and cute story. :)
onnetz
The same is said of Nome, Ak.
kgb224
Excellent capture.
orig_buggy
It is simply breath taking!
myrrhluz
Desolate and beautiful! Wonderful patterns of earth and snow. Poor new guys! I'm assuming this was a remote assignment, and their tour was short. Though is probably didn't seem to be. Lovely capture!
erlandpil
Great scene erland
frieder
Fantastic shot of a beautiful landscape. Very impressive atmo and outstanding POV.
mariogiannecchini
splendid shot!
moochagoo
Quit interesting to see that place.
junge1
Great picture and great story. I thought you would tell them about the beauty of the local females. I have seen some of them in winter in Alaska!!
mandloks
A beautiful shot and a good title!
Richardphotos
I can only imagine the desolation.where can a sailor desert anyway!!
Chaosphoto
With global warming I'm sure there will be some trees there soon hehe
StandsInAwe
Marvelous image! :) and great story...
0rest4wicked
Bet that seemed like an eternity for some. Like the lighting and terrain!!