*Mach* Posted April 23, 2011 #26 Share Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) I do have to ask what is "the elusive green flash"? I have seen both sunrises and sunsets at sea and from shore and elsewhere (absolutely gorgeous in the mountains), but I am totally clueless as to what this is.:confused: The green flash is a wonderful thing... I've only seen it three times myself. As the sun sets on a perfectly clean flat horizon, like the sea, the last rays of the sun are refracted through the atmosphere... the last rays are green and a split second flash of emerald green appears and then vanishes. It's a miracle... really, a miracle. :) Edited April 23, 2011 by Host Mach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules7226 Posted April 23, 2011 #27 Share Posted April 23, 2011 The green flash is a wonderful thing... I've only seen it three times myself. As the sun sets on a perfectly clean flat horizon, like the sea, the last rays of the sun are refracted through the atmosphere... the last rays are green and a split second flash of emerald green appears and then vanishes. It's a miracle... really, a miracle. :) Wow, I've never heard of the green flash either. It sounds amazing though and I can't wait to watch for it next cruise. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Mach* Posted April 23, 2011 #28 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Wow, I've never heard of the green flash either. It sounds amazing though and I can't wait to watch for it next cruise. :) Remember, the sky can't be the least bit hazy... perfectly clear and no clouds on the horizon... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferfoodle Posted April 23, 2011 #29 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thanks Mach. Will have to pay attention more and hopefully get a glimpse someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted April 23, 2011 #30 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Wow, I've never heard of the green flash either. It sounds amazing though and I can't wait to watch for it next cruise. :) You see them pretty often if you work on the water. Has to be wicked calm though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pghsteelerfan Posted April 23, 2011 #31 Share Posted April 23, 2011 On the first morning of our cruise on Carnival Glory last May before arriving in HMC, I was up early to get some coffee on the Lido deck and just happened to notice the sun was coming up. I went back to our cabin to get my camera and then went up to the 10th deck for some pictures. This is the first time I've actually seen a sunrise on a cruise ship - it was beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger501 Posted April 23, 2011 #32 Share Posted April 23, 2011 From the Liberty cruise, last January. I am not a morning person either but really wanted to get these shots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pghsteelerfan Posted April 23, 2011 #33 Share Posted April 23, 2011 From the Liberty cruise, last January. I am not a morning person either but really wanted to get these shots: WOW - BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you for sharing those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 23, 2011 #34 Share Posted April 23, 2011 dodger501, Great pics. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 23, 2011 #35 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Wow, I've never heard of the green flash either. It sounds amazing though and I can't wait to watch for it next cruise. :) The green flash really is neat. I have been fortunate to see it a few times. I have been able to take a few pictures as well. Long time ago before digital cameras. :D We used to go down to Sarasota, Florida to visit my in-laws around Easter break. It wasn't a long drive to the beach so we would pack up the in-laws and the kids and head to the beach to watch the sunset. Well I would watch the sunset (and other things :)) and the kids would collect sea shells. Couldn't convince my FIL that the green flash existed until he saw it with me one evening. Keep you eyes open and the camera ready. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Mach* Posted April 23, 2011 #36 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thanks Mach. Will have to pay attention more and hopefully get a glimpse someday. It's one of those jaw dropping, eye bugging experiences. On our last cruise on the Ecstasy Stitch and I were standing at the rail on the Verandah Deck forward of the pool area on the Lido Deck. Conditions were PERFECT! I told her it might happen and it did. I looked at her and she was in slack-jawed amazement!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaParrotHead Posted April 23, 2011 #37 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I'm so buzzed about being on my long-awaited cruise that I don't sleep in past sunrise. I normally hop into my OV window for a bit, then get dressed for the day, grab my camera and sneak out of the cabin before anyone else gets up to watch the sun rise. It's very peaceful and calm and not a lot of people about. This is my favorite sunrise picture, the sun rising over Coz. To this day, whenever I heard James Taylor's "Mexico" it makes me a bit weepy and nostalgic, it was a special cruising moment for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaParrotHead Posted April 23, 2011 #38 Share Posted April 23, 2011 found more sunrise pics. This one is out the window of our hotel the morning we were getting on the ship. It's OUR ship, coming in to port. The line up from this past 2011 cruise in POM the morning of embarkation as well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissRabbit Posted April 23, 2011 #39 Share Posted April 23, 2011 found more sunrise pics. Gorgeous pics! That last one, you were staying at the Marriott Biscayne Bay, weren't you? Our pics are almost identical to yours but i think we were up a few floors (21st floor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaParrotHead Posted April 23, 2011 #40 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Gorgeous pics! That last one, you were staying at the Marriott Biscayne Bay, weren't you? Our pics are almost identical to yours but i think we were up a few floors (21st floor). Yup. We were on the top floor, whichever that was, the very end room. It was awesome. My DD spied a MANATEE from our balcony that morning from up there in the little harbor below. It was really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LambKnuckles Posted April 23, 2011 #41 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Sunrises for me are so SPECIAL!!! I go to the bow... And feeling the wind in my face, I expeience the unwrapping of the morning... this is just one shot out of many that morning on our way to Jamaica... and then turning around, catch the moon in the clouds, with the reddish colors of the morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Mach* Posted April 23, 2011 #42 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Sunrises for me are so SPECIAL!!! I go to the bow... And feeling the wind in my face, I expeience the unwrapping of the morning... this is just one shot out of many that morning on our way to Jamaica... and then turning around, catch the moon in the clouds, with the reddish colors of the morning... Great photos, Lambie... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LambKnuckles Posted April 23, 2011 #43 Share Posted April 23, 2011 And a few more from a B2B cruise in 2009... but I still can just look at them and feel all the awe and wonder of the gift of each day and the amazement of how this fragile worl is held in space, rotating to bring us one of these sunrises every day!!! Again... that was a day out of Jamaica... And such a calm sea!!! That one is approaching Cozumel... This one, you should recognize... approaching Nassau on the first leg of this B2B... It is just so wonderful to see the sunrise on a horizon... a 360 degree horizon, if you stand on the top of the ship and just take it all in!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingRaysfan Posted April 23, 2011 #44 Share Posted April 23, 2011 We are ALWAYS up for sunrise... nothing like sitting on the balcony and waking up to the sun rising in Grand Cayman over the Legend: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LambKnuckles Posted April 23, 2011 #45 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Great photos, Lambie... :) Thanks Mach! I know how special sunrises are to you too! Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvan Posted April 24, 2011 #46 Share Posted April 24, 2011 We were arriving in Isla Roatan on August 14 and I took this sunrise shot. I didn't see the 'image' until after I uploaded it to my computer. Can you see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaParrotHead Posted April 24, 2011 #47 Share Posted April 24, 2011 We were arriving in Isla Roatan on August 14 and I took this sunrise shot. I didn't see the 'image' until after I uploaded it to my computer. Can you see it? whale tail! lol that's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moran4carnival Posted April 24, 2011 #48 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I love watching a sunrise. Its so quiet and peaceful and not to mention...beautiful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvan Posted April 24, 2011 #49 Share Posted April 24, 2011 whale tail! lol that's awesome! Couldn't have done it if I had tried! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LambKnuckles Posted April 24, 2011 #50 Share Posted April 24, 2011 We were arriving in Isla Roatan on August 14 and I took this sunrise shot. I didn't see the 'image' until after I uploaded it to my computer. Can you see it? WOW!!! Now THAT is KEWL!!! You're so right, you couldn't have planned it!!! WOW!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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