HDR from the plane

HDR from the plane, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Last one from the Eclipse trip, I guess now I have to go back to shooting new stuff. Actually, I have fresh shots waiting in the wings.

Wooden dippers

Wooden dippers, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Hey, look!

Hey, look!, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Lumir

Lumir, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

And one more, since it may be a while until internet comes my way again.

There we go again, Dupes.

There we go again, Dupes., originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Family pictures time! Here's Dupes when he gets to the cheese puffs.

Moon

Moon, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Earthshine

Earthshine, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

What you've been waiting for.

Wide Sunset at Sea

Wide Sunset at Sea, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Oh, yeah, some clouds.

Classica Bow

Classica Bow, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

It's the pointy end.

Sunset over Wake

Sunset over Wake, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Gotta put this one up!

Kagoshima's Neighbor

Kagoshima's Neighbor, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

This is from our first landfall in Japan. We docked at the port island in Kagoshima, and we could see quite a bit of teh city and this mountain, whose presence is always there.

Tug in motion

Tug in motion, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

This Chinese tugboat in Tianjin port. Four tugs escorted the Costa Classica as we left the harbor. This is the night we left port, with a light, misty rain accompanying us out to sea.

Glorious Embarkation

Glorious Embarkation, originally uploaded by Gerald5970.

Here we are embarking aboard the Costa Classica for an eclipse cruise. There was much joy after an hours long wait to clear customs and immigration to leave China. Of course, that's been documented elsewhere, so I'll just say that it was a bother and a half.

Update: Eclipse Cruise

So I just spent the last couple weeks out of town. I was on an eclipse cruise, aboard the Costa Classica, an Italian cruise ship. The totality of this eclipse lasted sim minutes and forty-two seconds, making it the longest of the century. Muddled Ramblings has written descriptions of events that express the daily goings-on better than I can hope to cover through language. I plan on sticking to what I've been doing already, which is to cover the photos of what was happening. I shot over two thousand photos, and weeding has cut things down dramatically to 5.6 gigs of disc space. As you can imagine, I can't possibly put everything up, but I will put some goodies up. Enjoy those that come up over the next few weeks.