Saturday, October 15, 2016

Report #21 Fanning Island October 14, 2016 Thursday Partly sunny & 84 degrees Part 3 Of 3 53 Pictures Sailaway & Sunset

Last of the pictures……

 

 

The colors change with the overcast

 

The lighter the color, the more shallow it is

 

Soon to disappear on the horizon

 

Off-loading the shore equipment

 

Waiting to load back on the ship

 

Taken up one at a time

 

The church from the ocean side

 

The tip of the atoll

 

We know there are dolphins here

 

One lone bird

 

Waiting for the party

 

The opposite tip of the atoll

 

One more to go

 

Crew fixing the stairs to deck 9 (kiddie land)

 

Setting up the drink stations

 

A booby

 

Never would know anyone lives here

 

Two boats to go

 

Pacific Ocean, atoll, lagoon, & opposite atoll

 

There go the vendors  -  returning to the opposite shore

 

Navigating carefully

 

All coral covered shoreline

 

Looks like beach, but was all rocks

 

Another view

 

Look, there was a cross by the church

 

The channel

 

Looking for dolphins

 

Yep, that's a church

 

Leaving Fanning Island

 

Can you imagine living here?

 

Nice place to visit

 

Here they are!

 

Chasing after the ship

 

Diving

 

Checking us out

 

Graceful

 

And quick

 

But, gone in a flash

 

Away we go

 

Three days at sea now

 

Sunset at 6:24pm

 

Got pretty intense

 

Slipping towards the horizon

 

Always low clouds to block the sun

 

Guess we'll never see that green flash

 

Has to be a clear horion

 

Still pretty

 

Going…..

 

Going…..

 

About gone

 

That's about it

 

End of the day

 

The moon will be full tomorrow night