Saturday, April 18, 2009

Towards Sunset at Antarctica

It was Golden Time for the passengers on board a cruiser on the sea to look at such beautiful sunset view of the mountains of Antarctica . The ice on the mountain slopes looked very smooth gold when the light of the setting sun shone on it. My sister-in-law told me that the night at the Antarctica lasted only two hours at time of January. If one was used to sleep in the dark hours, he/she could only sleep for a short while.

The ripples on the sea made the ice-cold water look as if a cloth of silk wrinkled itself up. What an extraordinary sight at Antarctica!

As the sunlight dimmed, the colour at the mountain tops turned pink and night would fall soon. The cruiser should find a sheltered but safe bay to anchor and pass the night. It would be nice for the passengers to drill into their warm bed to take some sleep in complete darkness.


4 comments:

Ho Keung and Yin Ping said...

Psalm 8:1 " O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! "

andylam said...

Beautiful~~

sswat3 said...

It is nice to see Antarctica in its summer, but it turns bleak cold in winter. Only few scientists stay there.

andylam said...

It looks extremely cold.... Ha ha, I must wear more clothes if I have chance to visit there~