Interesting things seen from your balcony?

[Talisker92]

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.

[txflood33]

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.

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[TheInnocentAge]

I saw this on a similar thread and thought it was cool...

 

[sillysu]

These are interesting to read! I never saw anything but water/scenery [emoji19]

[Larry CruiseOne]

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.

[Calgon1]

One of the neatest things I've ever seen (at sea) was the "Emerald Flash".

 

[emjaques.1]

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!

[Warm Breezes]

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.

[pppercy]

always see dolphins but always enjoy the sightings and a huge turtle that was so beautiful once

[Henbk]

Our most interesting sight from a cruse was the Solar Eclipse of the coast of Queensland, Australia an awesome sight.

[biker@sea]

About a dozen Buluga whales at daybreak entering the Saguenay Fiord . :)

[cat-n-snork]

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.

[ocav]

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?

[katrina915]

Great thread. Didn't even think of taking binoculars on Carribean cruise, but will pack them for next week!

[Birder1]

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 ;-)

[antique sailor]

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.

[Henbk]

Just with my little canon pocket camera than croped it when I got home. We got some amazing photos.

[LoriPhil]

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).

[screwsmcernst]

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:

[Talisker92]

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

[Calgon1]

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

[jbooth2099]

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

[herbanrenewal]

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!