Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Like a Painted Ship Upon a Painted Ocean

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

LAN (local apparent noon) weather report: air temperature 42 degrees Fahrenheit, water temperature 34 degrees Fahrenheit. By midnight, air temperature dropped to about 34 degrees as well. That’s when many cadets came out to watch the sunset, which was thus far on this cruise the most picturesque. Behind us were the rugged, glacier-draped mountains under the half moon; due northwest was the sun slowly sweeping towards north on its arctic ecliptic. Only reluctantly, after almost half an hour, did the sun dip fully below the horizon and vanish after a fleeting green flash.

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