Photos by Nicktsik : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

I was at IAS from July 1962 until September 1963. I was one of two photographers at the Station. I worked with Ed Stewart. We were sent to photograph all over the island.

We enjoyed the work and would have stayed longer, but my daughter died there and we left and didn't return for some years.

When we left, someone packed up our goods and shipped them, but they somehow lost almost all my old photos and negatives. I have slowly collected a lot of shots of the area, but if anyone has any more, I would appreciate getting the. Send any shots to bob_lamb@hawaiiantel.net

Thanks

edw se auto to meros exei polu psari paidia gia tous psarontoufekades,gia 15 metra kai kato

Please correct the psiloritis summit altitude!! The correct is 2456m not 2454. Thank you

This is the church of Saint Fokas (not Fokianos)

καλησπέρα Nicktsik.

I was stationed at the USAF communications site from 75-79. We had a dog named Hoover (she used to suck down hamburgers like a vacuum) as the site mascot. I came back as a civilian contractor in 1992 just in time for the base to be shut down.

The photo is not Samaria Village, which is about five kilometers back through the gorge. This is Agia Roumeli village

67 kilometers south of chania

Grambusa (Gramvousa) is an islet very close to the NW coast of Crete (not many maps show it) in a strategic position for the control of the channel between Crete and Antikithira (Cerigotto). The Venetians fortified it to have an early alert of possible corsair raids and to provide a temporary haven to convoys in case of attack or storm. The rock can only be accessed from one side the other three being high cliffs. Grambusa was selected in 1669 by Francesco Morosini as one of the three fortresses to be retained by Venice after the loss of Crete to support the merchant navy on the route from the Ionian Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean. The fortifications were strengthened, but this did not help in 1715 when the Turks launched their attack against Venice. Both Venetians and Turks had a Levantine approach to warfare and treachery was part of it: the commander and the garrison of Grambusa were bribed and the fortress fell into the Sultan's hands. For the Turks Grambusa did not have great importance and eventually the fortress ended up by being occupied by pirates who for a century attacked from Grambusa the ships moving between the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea. The bay opposite Grambusa (very difficult to reach by land) has a nice lagoon with green waters. If not for the total absence of trees one could imagine being in Bora Bora.

A TWISTER STARTING FROM RAIN CLOUDS AND TRANSFORMING TO HEAVY RAIN NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE SEA, AT THE SEA OF LIVIKON NEAR KALOI LIMENES.