Talisker92 Posted November 6, 2014 #51 Share Posted November 6, 2014 While on the Paul Gauguin in Tahiti, we saw the "green flash" at sunset. It was too short to get a picture, but it was fantastic. When the conditions are right, a green spot is visible above the upper rim of the disk of the sun. The green appearance usually lasts for no more than a second or two. Green flashes occur because the atmosphere can cause the light from the sun to separate out into different colors like a prism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txflood33 Posted November 6, 2014 #52 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Well, I'm going to break a few rules here....it was my parents on the cruise and not me....and they saw it on an excursion, but to me, it would be a pretty amazing sight Alaskan cruise...tour guide showing the group around the wilderness, then all of the sudden about 50 yards away a moose running for it's life with grizzly bear in tow...and the bear won. My dad said that the entire tour group was just standing there with their mouths open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheInnocentAge Posted November 6, 2014 #55 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I saw this on a similar thread and thought it was cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillysu Posted November 6, 2014 #56 Share Posted November 6, 2014 These are interesting to read! I never saw anything but water/scenery [emoji19] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry CruiseOne Posted November 6, 2014 #57 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Our Celebrity ship rescued a damaged sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic. It was heading for Tenerife, Canary Islands. She had been caught in a storm and broke her mast. We past water and diesel enough to get to destination. All done by ropes and pulleys as the water was too rough to bring her alongside. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgon1 Posted November 7, 2014 #58 Share Posted November 7, 2014 One of the neatest things I've ever seen (at sea) was the "Emerald Flash". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjaques.1 Posted November 7, 2014 #59 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I'm going on a cruise (on rhapsody of the seas) in a week and I am so so excited. Reading all of these makes me more excited :) I have a balcony too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Breezes Posted November 7, 2014 #60 Share Posted November 7, 2014 On our Norwegian Jewel cruise last year in the Gulf of Mexico, we woke up one morning to thousands of Jellyfish floating by. On that same cruise we saw a man sitting on his balcony with his legs facing the ocean. The crew on the bridge saw him too and were yelling at him to get back on his balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pppercy Posted November 7, 2014 #61 Share Posted November 7, 2014 always see dolphins but always enjoy the sightings and a huge turtle that was so beautiful once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henbk Posted November 7, 2014 #62 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Our most interesting sight from a cruse was the Solar Eclipse of the coast of Queensland, Australia an awesome sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker@sea Posted November 8, 2014 #63 Share Posted November 8, 2014 About a dozen Buluga whales at daybreak entering the Saguenay Fiord . :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-n-snork Posted November 17, 2014 #64 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Somewhere off Norfolk, VA our NCL ship was buzzed by fighter jets and way off the port side was an aircraft carrier. That was a bit freaky. But this thread is why I always bring binoculars. Lots of interesting stuff passing by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocav Posted November 17, 2014 #65 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Our most interesting sight from a cruse was the Solar Eclipse of the coast of Queensland, Australia an awesome sight. That's impressive, how did you get that photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katrina915 Posted November 17, 2014 #66 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Great thread. Didn't even think of taking binoculars on Carribean cruise, but will pack them for next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birder1 Posted November 17, 2014 #67 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Azamara Indian Ocean -- a para scope from a (submerged) submarine - (little unnerving!). Swan Hellenic Sri Lanka -- Hundreds of Hawksbill turtles & a couple Blue whales for good measure. Princess Diamond Aleutian Islands - the buoys/crab traps from the reality show (crabbing in the Bering -- it was very calm when we passed by ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antique sailor Posted November 17, 2014 #68 Share Posted November 17, 2014 AHOY SHIPMATES, Have enjoyed many of the common sights from the balcony when we have been lucky enough to be upgraded to one.....but the most exciting view was from the flightdeck of a Carrier is 1958 It was one of those days when the water was so calm it looked like glass. All of a sudden the largest TURTLE I have ever seen( Much larger than an automobile) surfaced , turned to watch us for about a minute ,then went down again. We were probably the biggest thing it had ever seen also. Of course since sailing on the cruise ships I've seen many whales but mostly in the LIDO buffet line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henbk Posted November 17, 2014 #69 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Just with my little canon pocket camera than croped it when I got home. We got some amazing photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriPhil Posted November 18, 2014 #70 Share Posted November 18, 2014 On a Caribbean cruise several years ago we had a med emergency on-board requiring a helicopter evac from Guantanamo Bay. When the chopper was hovering above the deck we saw a chorus-line of deck chairs flying over the upper railing into the water. Never expected to see those floating alongside (but they didn't float for long). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwsmcernst Posted November 19, 2014 #71 Share Posted November 19, 2014 In St. Marrten near sail away time, we watched two young men get invited to extend their stay on the island. The people doing the inviting were two police men with automatic weapons and a drug sniffing dog. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisker92 Posted November 19, 2014 #72 Share Posted November 19, 2014 (edited) Coming into Boston to the Black Falcon terminal, we have to go past one of the runways at Logan Airport. While we are passing the runway, flights have to be stopped from coming in. These pictures tell why. Edited November 19, 2014 by Talisker92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgon1 Posted November 19, 2014 #73 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Just with my little canon pocket camera than croped it when I got home. We got some amazing photos. Ah ha. I told the DW that you used a camera! I feel validated now . . . :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooth2099 Posted November 20, 2014 #74 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Saw a night time space shuttle launch off the coast of Florida from the ship once. It was very cool. they turned off all the lights on the boat and it looked like the shuttle went right over top of us. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbanrenewal Posted November 21, 2014 #75 Share Posted November 21, 2014 on Grandeur of the seas to Bermuda from Baltimore, we were scheduled to set sail at 4pm September 12th, 2014 and the Blue Angels were scheduled to fly over Fort McHenry at 3pm for the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. Turns out a cruise ship is the best possible seats for an air show. The entire show happened right over our heads. As one fellow cruiser said, its unbelievable to have 6 jets buzzing your ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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