Nov 5 2024 - Sunsets

 

It turns out that sunsets are better during colder months of the year.  November through February.  The lower humidity produces better sunsets.  Add to that, twilight lasts longer closer to the solstices so the great coloured sunsets last longer.  And we generally like sunsets more than sunrises - likely that sun going below the horizon.  As we move into the winter moves, it seems there's something to enjoy.  With shorter days, we'll have a sunset of 5:04pm tonight.  In Niagara, we don't get a Lake Ontario sunset at this time of year, it has shifted to over the escarpment.  Our best sunsets over the Lake are in the summer.  But what about chasing sunsets?  Here's a list of some of the top ones: Punta del Este, Uruguay. Bergen, Norway. Bergen, Norway. Cork, Ireland. Cork, Ireland. Ibiza, Spain. Ibiza, Spain Santorini, Greece. Santorini, Greece Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Angkor Wat, Cambodia Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo, Japan. Koekohe Beach, New Zealand. Koekohe Beach, New Zealand. And closer to home?  Grand Bend Ottawa River, Ottawa Toronto Islands Muskoka One can wander for a while in Muskoka sunset images. Lots of scenery and lots of water for reflections.

Isn't it easy to see why we love sunsets so much when we compare two versions?

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Cruising into the Storm

Isn't that a great photoshopped picture on the left?  The perfect blue wave overcoming the luxury cruise ship on a seemingly sunny day.  There is a 6 minute video of a cruise ship during a hurricane level storm.  The one on the right seems more accurate - you can see everything sliding right then left then right HERE.    The Dailymail.com has an article on Norway launching an investigation into why a Viking Sky cruise ship set sail in a storm, and then lost power.  Thirteen hundred passengers were airlifted to safety.  That was in March 2019.  There are previous events similar to this. There are lots of videos inside the ship.  It is all HERE.   Here is an email message supposedly sent during the crisis: There's a 2013 article in the New York Times and it asks how normal are cruise mishaps.  They show the website cruisejunkie.com where cruise mishaps and accidents are tracked. The site lists events such as passenger kicked off ship, collision, propulsion problems, insensitivity to medical emergency (passenger had heart attack and ship crew wouldn't allow them to get medical attention on an island, then he died on board).  There are charts of illness outbreaks on cruise ships. What about these dumbest cruise questions. It makes sense as over 20 million people take cruises each year. 1. Does the crew sleep on board? 2. Why are the ruins in such poor condition - after a tour of the ruins in Rome 3. What do you do with the ice carvings after they melt? 4. How small does your face have to be to get a mini facial at the spa? 5. What time does the Midnight buffet start? 6.This is our family's first cruise ever… we have several cabins on different decks of the ship and our question is, do all of the decks go to the same ports of call? 7. Are these islands completely surrounded by water? There would be best sunset views on a cruise, so we'll go with that as our picture of the day.

Sarasota Sunsets

Sarasota Sunset

Sarasota Sunset    Lido Beach boasts having the best sunset in Sarasota.  People gather after 5:00 o'clock to watch the descent into the ocean.  With the great expanse of beach and ocean, the sunset is wonderful.  Clearwater claims to have the best sunsets on the coast and was voted the best beach town in 2013.  It doesn't seem to matter much, as long as there are great expanses of sand and sea and the clouds are high in the sky.