Yours truly, up in the sky!The picture above is less about watching spectacular skies than about the spectacular feeling of going into the sky...
Earlier this week I took a ride into the sky... well, 55 feet (17 meters) into the sky, anyway. Why I was there is explained below, in my posting of "9.08- Climbing the Mast" (scroll down to prior posting, or click here for the "post" page of that entry) so I won't repeat myself here.
I've been much higher in the sky before, of course, but never in a cloth chair hanging by a rope from a pole gently rocking back and forth with the boat below.
The sensation of being in the sky in that boatswain's chair was much stronger than I have had flying in an airplane, though not nearly so strong as I had jumping out of a flying airplane.
I have also never been this high up in Oriental... even the bridge from which I took last week's Skywatch photo is a few feet short of where you see me in this picture.
I think the dangling feet adds a lot to the experience... having solid matter (like a bridge) beneath one's feet takes away from the sensation.
Okay, enough about that... how about a picture of the sky itself? Here is what the sky looked like yesterday from the Oriental Yacht Club... I took this while standing on the narrow finger-pier that extends from the covered deck on Raccoon Creek:
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17 comments:
Wow! That must be an amazing feeling to go up into the sky like that! But would I do it? Never! I'd rather watch someone else! Great pics!
marvellous picture of the sky over the yacht club - seeing folk climbing up masts makes me cringe as I it aches my neck to look.
Scary! You're not afraid of heigths, that's sure. Both great pictures.
About the 'Pfalz, Germany', I was there especially for wine tasting (100 Wein Probe). We needed several hours to taste all the 100 wines :-)) Of course we didn't taste them all. We made a selection and we bought 3 different sorts (48 bottles). We certainly will return to buy more.
Both your images are incredible. You are far braver than me to be up on that mast! Thank you for sharing!
I like both photos but the bottom one the best.
My Sky Watch Friday blog is at my
Canon Pixels blog. If you have time I would appreciate your having a look at the sky peeking through the oak tree leaves./a>
Great shot -- nice design...
But that type of work is a bit too exciting for me at my advanced age...
I think I would get dizzy just looking up to take your picture.
Sounds like fun. That second picture of the sky iteself is awesome!
Capt. Ben: I'm always pleased to visit you Sky show with such beautiful images. Glad you enjoyed your time in the Sky chair.
Better you than me up there, but it does make a nice shot...also like the one below it.
Really Cool Photo..
Thanks for sharing..
Wow, hang on tight! Great skywatch photo!
I bet that is quite the view! Great pictures.
Oh, my gosh that looks like fun!! Nice shot, Captain Ben.
wow, not sure I would want to be up there, but I guess the view is great... love your skywatch photo!
Very cool Sky Watch photos. Have a great weekend.
Cheers
I like the perspective in this! Not that I would want to be that High! Gerald and I agree on that!
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