Fire near Bells Creek on the Sunshine Coast.

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A large, and very smoky bushfire in a pine forest near Bells Creek on Jan 31st, 2017. The water in these images is Pumicestone Passage, between Caloundra and Bribie Island.

Happy Valley 2AM-004100 ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

Sunshine Coast Solar Farm – Valdora, Queensland.

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Progress as of Jan 27, 2017 on the construction and installation of the 15 megawatt Sunshine Coast Solar Farm at Valdora, with Mount Coolum in the background.

Cheers 🙂

Kings Beach Beachfront Salt Water Pool – Caloundra, the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

The Kings Beach beachfront salt water pool, and water fountains (very popular with the children), as viewed from above during first-light at Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

Cheers 🙂

Wattamolla Beach in Royal National Park – Sydney, NSW.

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Wattamolla Beach in Royal National Park, Sydney, NSW.

Point Cartwright – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Point Cartwright greets another glorious Sunshine Coast morning.

Point Cartwright 2AM-000075. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

Cheers 🙂

Aerial images around Caloundra, plus Trichodesmium sp. – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

These aerial (drone) scenes include Kings Beach, Wickham Headland, Shelly Beach, Moffat Headland, Pumicestone Passage, Bribie Island, the Glasshouse Mountains (in the background), and Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

The sea-sawdust slicks on the water surface in the following images is likely Trichodesmium sp. – a cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), and is also called whale food, sea scum and, incorrectly, whale sperm. Found in nutrient-poor tropical and subtropical ocean waters, Trichodesmium are ‘nitrogen fixers’- they can take nitrogen gas from the air and ‘fix’ it in a form that can be transferred through the food chain. This function is very important as Nitrogen is essential to life and while there is an abundance of it in the air (air is 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen), most plants and animals can’t make use of it in that form.