Tag: boats

May 1, 2015 at 4:27 pm

Picture of the Day: Perfectly Timed Pirate Ship Kite

Picture of the Day: Perfectly Timed Pirate Ship Kite

Photograph by bijoubear on reddit Seen here is a perfectly timed/aligned photo of a vendor flying a pirate ship kite that he made. The photo was taken in Seminyak, which is located on the west coast of Bali. Reddit user bijoubear, who snapped the pic, says he didn’t even realize the perfect alignment of…

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March 22, 2015 at 6:02 pm

Picture of the Day: Yacht-queduct

Picture of the Day: Yacht-queduct

Photograph by Feadship Fanclub on Facebook In this amazing capture we see the incredible “Symphony” yacht (project 808) by Feadship. Symphony is the largest yacht Feadship has ever built, measuring 101.5 meters (333 ft) in length. Spotted by Feadship Fanclub, Sypmphony is seen here, passing the Gouwe aqueduct in Gouda, The Netherlands during her…

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February 24, 2015 at 11:00 am

Artists Recreate the Flying Dutchman Ghost Ship with Water and Light

Artists Recreate the Flying Dutchman Ghost Ship with Water and Light

Romanian Art collective Visual Skin recreated the legendary Flying Dutchman ghost ship for the Amsterdam Light Festival which ended in January. The mythical ship originates from 17-century nautical folklore and the Flying Dutchman is said to never make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever. Anchored in front of the ARCAM Amsterdam Centre for…

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January 8, 2015 at 7:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Floating on a Cloud

Picture of the Day: Floating on a Cloud

Photograph by gameadd1kt on reddit Low hanging fog has made this large container ship appear to be floating on a cloud. The photo was taken from an airplane window by reddit user gameadd1kt, somewhere near Tacoma, Washington. Aside from that, details are sparse but it’s an interesting optical illusion! via gameadd1kt on reddit…

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December 15, 2014 at 5:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Sailing Through a Tiny Planet Panorama

Picture of the Day: Sailing Through a Tiny Planet Panorama

Photograph by Stephanie Alexis on Instagram In this 360 ‘tiny planet’ panorama by Stephanie Alexis, we see her and a friend appearing to sail on a tiny water planet. The photo was recently featured by GoPro as their Photo of the Day. The photo is actually a composite of two images: the sailboat pic,…

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October 25, 2014 at 1:12 pm

Side Launching the 378 ft USS Detroit

Side Launching the 378 ft USS Detroit

Watch the 378.3 ft (115.3 m) USS Detroit get side launched into the Menominee River on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. USS Detroit (LCS-7) is a Freedom class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy and the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan. The ship has a displacement of…

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October 18, 2014 at 4:12 pm

Picture of the Day: Sailboat Reflected in Broken Mirror

Picture of the Day: Sailboat Reflected in Broken Mirror

Photograph by CASEY COULTER Instagram | Tumblr In this creative capture by Casey Coulter, we see a sailboat just off the coast of Maine reflected in a broken piece of mirror. Although Casey posted the photo to his Instagram and Tumblr accounts months ago, the photo went viral after Casey posted the photo to…

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September 3, 2014 at 6:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Canary Islands Shipwreck

Picture of the Day: Canary Islands Shipwreck

Photograph by Wollex at the German language Wikipedia Seen here (taken 2 July 2004) is the shipwrecked American Star (formerly SS America) at Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 and designed by the noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs. She carried many names in the 54…

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July 4, 2014 at 1:26 pm

Divers Explore Sunken Cruise Ship Costa Concordia

Divers Explore Sunken Cruise Ship Costa Concordia

Days before salvage workers attempt the historic task of refloating the marooned Costa Concordia, newly released video has revealed the ghostly world — frozen in time — deep inside the luxury cruise ship. Police divers entering the 950 foot (290 m) vessel, which smashed into rocks on the Italian island of Giglio in 2012,…

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June 27, 2014 at 2:28 pm

Picture of the Day: Hover Boats in Menorca, Spain

Picture of the Day: Hover Boats in Menorca, Spain

Photographer Unknown via tburns1469 on reddit Menorca (or Minorca) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Its name derives from its size, contrasting it with nearby Majorca. According to the Lonely Planet: Menorca (population 92,000) is the least overrun and most tranquil of the Balearic Islands. In…

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