On Sunday 30 March 2008 07:55, Curtis Olson wrote: [snip...] > Today I was seeing a lot of little debris fragments from the > ship. Little bits of plastic the size of a pea maybe, and then > occasionally some bigger chunks. I saw several "leaf" size bits. > I saw something about the size of a cigarette lighter. And I > saw a chunk of net. All this on a foggy day, poking my head > above deck a couple times through out the day for a few minutes, > and then only looking within 20 feet of the ship. Kind of sad to > see so many bits of junk floating around out here if you are > looking for it. We are a long ways from being able to walk on > top of it, but bits and pieces of plastic and net continually > float by. I've posted pictures from today here: > > http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/PhotoAlbums/OscarSette2008/Osca >r%20Sette%20Day%2006/ > > I have to say, I've really enjoyed this cruise so far. Today was > Tex-Mex day and I ate at least one tamale too many. I haven't > missed seeing land. The ocean and sky has been totally different > every day. One day we had the brightest rainbow I've ever seen, > today we were socked in with fog. > > This evening I played guitar hero for the first time, and "I > rock!" at least on an easy song. :-) > > Curt.
It's quite possible, if not probable, that you'll see some larger debris before long - shipping containers. I understand that quite a few of these are lost from container ships in rough weather each year and those that don't sink immediately can end up floating around the oceans for quite some time and present a serious risk to shipping. These are especially dangerous to smaller vessels as they're nearly completely submerged, with just their tops awash, making them very difficult to spot without radar, in spite of their size. Because they're hardly affected by wind the greatest factor in where they go, in the open ocean, are the same currents that are carrying the bits of plastic and fishing nets that you're seeing, so I'd be a bit surprised if there aren't a few in the convergence zone. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
