Topic: Sunset
By Alex on February 25, 2005, at 1345 UTC
Topic(s): Meals, Sunset
1345hrs 25 Feb 2005 UTC 51’46”S 111’19”W Map Ref 80
It’s been a pink and yellow day. We opened a tin of beetroot for lunch and Pete cooked some rice and stirred in the beetroot, a can of white beans, the last sliver of Dunedin spanish onion, a tin … Continue reading
By Alex on April 18, 2005, at 1100 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter, Conspiracy Theory, Space station (ISS), Sunset
Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose…Still in our shed in Fox StudiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox StudiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studios, Malcom – there’s a bus shelterExplanation here just outside the gate – and I forgot to add yaw into the gyrating cockpit – up to 60 degrees either side of intended course, perhaps, over the shorter period. To humour the unbelievers, we’re now off the Disneyland Space Mountain roller coaster and Pirates of the Caribbean rides and on a slowly rolling calm sea with no wind, lightning to the south, lovely moon. Chatty updates back on the agenda. … Continue reading
By Alex on November 5, 2005, at 2150 UTC
Topic(s): Stars, Sunrise, Sunset
2150hrs 05 Nov 2005 UTC 40’13”S 040’34”E Ref 524
About 5 hours ago, I was out shaking the reefs – furious rolling, decks covered in running water, but I was sustained by the vision of the Moon and Venus close together in a clear patch of sky surrounded by a … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on July 4, 2008, at 1035 UTC
Topic(s): Sunset
Actually I won’t complain. Since Bol wrote her bit and put her head down for the noight, I’ve tacked and gybedGybe – A sailing term for turning the boat so that the stern passes through the wind. Potentially dangerous if not controlled because the wind can fill an uncontrolled mainsail … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on July 24, 2008, at 1721 UTC
Topic(s): Sunset
It's about 0100 Nome time. We're NE of King Island and I've just watched the sun set to the NW right in the middle of the Bering Strait. It's almost cloudless and I can just see the Russian coast, the Diomedes, Cape Wales silhouetted in the orange glow and the … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on September 14, 2008, at 0323 UTC
Topic(s): Sunset
Some of you may remember my Bering Sea sunset, between the superpowers and behind the Diomedes – dramatic and beautiful and there was the moon setting it all off on the opposite end of the northern horizon.
Just like tonight, but without the drama and at the almost opposite side … Continue reading
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