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    Coast Guard team converts lighted navigation aids throughout Hawaiian Islands [Image 4 of 7]

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    A male worker wearing U.S. Coast Guard-branded clothing is preparing or adjusting safety equipment outdoors. He is equipped with a blue hard hat, safety harness, carabiners, work gloves, and a GoPro HERO camera mounted on his chest harness. The setting appears to be a residential or semi-wooded outdoor area on a sunny day.

    HONOLULU, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

    08.28.2013

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie 

    U.S. Coast Guard Oceania

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Chad Dunlap prepares to climb a lighted navigation aid in Hilo Harbor, Aug. 28, 2013.The Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, Honolulu, is responsible for "lighting the islands," conducting routine maintenance and light-emitting diode (LED) conversions on Hawaii's navigation aids. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa E. McKenzie)

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    Date Taken: 08.28.2013
    Date Posted: 10.18.2013 13:40
    Photo ID: 1036770
    VIRIN: 130829-G-MT091-001
    Resolution: 3036x4912
    Size: 6.69 MB
    Location: HONOLULU, HAWAII, US
    Web Views: 86
    Downloads: 5

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    A woman wearing a blue hard hat and olive green military-style flight suit is positioned at the top of a metal tower or mast structure. She is equipped with a full safety harness system including carabiners and a red coiled safety lanyard. A US flag patch is visible on her right shoulder, indicating US military or government affiliation.
    A worker in dark uniform and safety harness is climbing a metal lattice tower via a fixed ladder, photographed from a low angle looking upward. The structure appears to be a large steel transmission or communication tower painted in a cream/yellow color. Trees and a clear blue sky are visible in the background.
    A person in blue work uniform is handling a large lead-acid battery, likely during installation or removal near a vehicle or equipment. The battery is a white/gray rectangular unit with visible cell caps, terminal posts, and warning labels. The setting appears to be outdoors or in a work environment.
    A male worker wearing U.S. Coast Guard-branded clothing is preparing or adjusting safety equipment outdoors. He is equipped with a blue hard hat, safety harness, carabiners, work gloves, and a GoPro HERO camera mounted on his chest harness. The setting appears to be a residential or semi-wooded outdoor area on a sunny day.
    Two personnel wearing navy blue coveralls are examining equipment on the bed of a utility truck. They appear to be inspecting or servicing a navigational buoy light assembly with illuminated green LED lenses, along with a silver equipment case. The setting appears to be an outdoor maintenance or staging area.
    A group of four workers wearing navy blue uniforms and hard hats are engaged in an outdoor rigging or lifting operation. They appear to be operating a makeshift crane or gin pole system using ropes and a hook to lift or lower a metal container. The setting is a vegetated outdoor area with a red pickup truck visible in the background.
    The image shows a mechanical lamp-changing device called a 'LAMPCHANGER' of type CG-6P, manufactured by CR Control Systems, Inc. of Woodstock, Vermont, and identified as property of the U.S. Coast Guard under contract DTCG40-98-D-70034. The device features six incandescent bulbs arranged radially around a central rotating mechanism, mounted on a base labeled 'TEST SAT AUGUST 2002'.

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