This image features the same subject as in the previous photograph, yet it tells an entirely different story. This image is not about the vast spaces such Coast Guard patrols must encompass. Instead it is about the dangers they may be called upon to face. I made this photo nearly a week before the previous image. The helicopter is much closer, and therefore appears much larger in the frame. I caught it just as it passed over a series of very small rain clouds. Dark clouds often can be interpreted as symbols of impending danger. That is exactly why the Coast Guard flies helicopters up and down the San Diego area coast every night, just before darkness falls. They are on the lookout for possible trouble.