User talk:Joann94024

Jarvis Island[edit]

I see you have posted a photo of the Jarvis Island coast. Thank you for this; I have been looking for such a thing for some time. Where did this photo originate, and where might I find more?

Thanks! --Indolences 02:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I took the coast and No Trespassing sign pictures during a trip to Jarvis Island in October of 2003. We arrived just at dusk and only stayed long enough to take our pictures with the No Trespassing sign and then left as we had to make it back through a rather narrow break in the reef before we lost all light. The graininess of the pictures is due to the bad lighting and possibly my own extreme sea sickness at the time. I wonder though if US Fish and Wildlife might be able to provide more photos if they visit the island once a year.

--Indolences 00:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's great! I have been heavily researching Jarvis. The photo on question is the first coast photo I have seen. It looks just as a I thought. What is the structure in the background? Is it the Day beacon? Also, just to be sure, you do not have any further photos of Jarvis? Also, I have not seen any photos by the US Fish and Wildlife. They do have extensive photos of Navassa Island, however. [1]

Thanks again!

--Indolences 17:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've uploaded what little I had. As we approached the island dolphins joined us and started leaping next to the boat. Very cool, except my camera only caught the waves and not the dolphins. Water looks the same everywhere, but this is actual Jarvis area water. :-) There is a close up of the beach sand. I can't recall why I thought that was an important picture to take. There were hermit crabs on the beach and I think I was trying to take one of their pictures. The best is of the coast which at that point was pretty far in the distance. You can see the sign and the tower in the one shot. The tower looked like the remains of a lighthouse. We did not walk over to investigate. Behind the no trespassing sign were remnants of what looked to be building foundations. I don't know if we were there at high or low tide, but the reef was right below water line so if you don't hit the channel right you'll likely hit the reef even with a raft. The beach was fairly narrow then the land went up rather steeply to what appeared to be the full high of a flat island covered with low grass. The sky was filled with vocal birds. You can see the birds and the foundation remains in the last photo I uploaded.

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Ocean off Jarvis Island Coast

THANK YOU. You have made my day. Ah ha! Just now I found records of a "solidly built lighthouse" being on Jarvis.

Thanks again! -Indolences 05:30, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Trying to reach you[edit]

Dear Joann94024, I would like to publish one of your Howland Island images in a book and am trying to contact you to ask permission. Please respond asap if you get this message: dberne@earthlink.net many thanks--love the images. Debbie Berne —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dberne (talk • contribs) 21:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Joann: Great photography. Do you ever allow your images to be published?

Best Regards, Douglas Westfall, Publisher The Paragon Agency, Publishers Orange, California www.SpecialBooks.com Paragon@SpecialBooks.com DouglasWestfall (talk) 18:37, 27 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by DouglasWestfall (talk • contribs) 14:42, 27 August 2009 (UTC) DouglasWestfall (talk) 18:37, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank You for the Wikipedia Picture[edit]

Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware pictures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_Island_Coastline.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_Radio_Toers.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_Island_wreck.JPG). I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:

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I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm

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Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --75.169.5.71 (talk) 15:33, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and yes - please feel free to use the photos![edit]

Thanks for the feedback and I'm happy that the pictures taken of these remote islands have been useful/interesting. Please feel free to reuse them. Just give me credit. :-)

If you want to reach me my email is joann94024@yahoo.com

JoAnn Schwartz Joann94024 (talk) 00:33, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

moving to commons[edit]

Hi Joann, I saw one of your photos of Baker Island and will copy it to Wikimedia Commons. When the photos are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons they are available to be used across multiple wikipedias (for ex. french wikipedia) and not just the english version. I would like to say thank you for these images and I hope you will consider uploading any more photos in the future to the commons website. Take care! --Turn685 (talk) 12:54, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]