string of pearls..
This is the view of the Gulf of Mexico from the Galveston Seawall at night. The two-toned sand is caused by shadows from different light sources. If you look at the far right side, you can see my shadow, bending over holding the camera on a low bench, which is why this is as clear as it is..
There are at least twenty ships on the horizon, defining it sea from sky. This is how I am used to seeing the ocean at night - alive and glimmering in the distance. Tankers and shrimp trawlers and rigs all along the horizon. Just like the stars, they are there during the day too - but we can't see them.
In Navarre and other places we've been in the panhandle of Florida, all that is missing. It's completely dark at night - no ships - no boats of any kind. And it's just plain unsettling. Reminds me of "Silent Spring", in a weird kind of way. What do kids in Florida look at when they stroll the beach at night? They don't get to see the string of lights along the horizon, and wonder what kind of ship it is, and where it's going to - or coming from.. Pity...
string of pearls..
This is the view of the Gulf of Mexico from the Galveston Seawall at night. The two-toned sand is caused by shadows from different light sources. If you look at the far right side, you can see my shadow, bending over holding the camera on a low bench, which is why this is as clear as it is..
There are at least twenty ships on the horizon, defining it sea from sky. This is how I am used to seeing the ocean at night - alive and glimmering in the distance. Tankers and shrimp trawlers and rigs all along the horizon. Just like the stars, they are there during the day too - but we can't see them.
In Navarre and other places we've been in the panhandle of Florida, all that is missing. It's completely dark at night - no ships - no boats of any kind. And it's just plain unsettling. Reminds me of "Silent Spring", in a weird kind of way. What do kids in Florida look at when they stroll the beach at night? They don't get to see the string of lights along the horizon, and wonder what kind of ship it is, and where it's going to - or coming from.. Pity...