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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 73640" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>My wife spent several years flying back and forth to Dutch Harbor sampling the ground water and you're right, not much there at all. What a lot of people do not know is that during WWII the US Army moved all the inhabitants out of Dutch Harbor and broke open all their storage tanks of gasoline and diesel fuel. Quite a bit actually. And something most people also do not know is that the fuel is still there in the soil and in the ground water. As a result, the US Gov has to monitor the movements of this underground petroleum. I'm not really sure why they haven't spent time trying to remove this stuff, maybe it's too expensive or not even possible. So instead they just keep monitoring it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, as for your question, I would answer it this way. You'll want a good strong telephoto lens because there's hundreds, if not thousands, of bald eagles at Dutch. They're everywhere, as well as Puffin's and other sea birds. I would suggest a Nikon 70-300mm VRII lens. And then you'll want a good wide angle lens to capture the mountains and bay area and for that I would suggest either the very expensive 14-24mm or something less expensive like the 10-24mm DX lens or even the fast prime lenses. If your wallet can handle the 14-24mm it's the best wide angle lens known to man. But if you're not loaded with cash there are many other alternatives that are nearly as good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 73640, member: 9521"] My wife spent several years flying back and forth to Dutch Harbor sampling the ground water and you're right, not much there at all. What a lot of people do not know is that during WWII the US Army moved all the inhabitants out of Dutch Harbor and broke open all their storage tanks of gasoline and diesel fuel. Quite a bit actually. And something most people also do not know is that the fuel is still there in the soil and in the ground water. As a result, the US Gov has to monitor the movements of this underground petroleum. I'm not really sure why they haven't spent time trying to remove this stuff, maybe it's too expensive or not even possible. So instead they just keep monitoring it. Anyway, as for your question, I would answer it this way. You'll want a good strong telephoto lens because there's hundreds, if not thousands, of bald eagles at Dutch. They're everywhere, as well as Puffin's and other sea birds. I would suggest a Nikon 70-300mm VRII lens. And then you'll want a good wide angle lens to capture the mountains and bay area and for that I would suggest either the very expensive 14-24mm or something less expensive like the 10-24mm DX lens or even the fast prime lenses. If your wallet can handle the 14-24mm it's the best wide angle lens known to man. But if you're not loaded with cash there are many other alternatives that are nearly as good. [/QUOTE]
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