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August 30, 2003
Saturday
It is Saturday and out here it isn’t any different from a Monday
, Sunday or any other day. It is amazing how fast a week goes with
a steady busy routine. For me it is like a Saturday at home because
it is laundry day and cleaning day, my family would be shocked, I vacuumed
today. With about 28 people on the ship the one washer and dryer do
get a workout. Part of our routine is stopping to watch the sunrise
if you are up early enough and absolutely stopping to watch the sunset.
Our captain guarantees a green flash every night if there isn’t
total cloud coverage, so according to him there has been a bright green
flash as the sun sets each evening. One of the folks on the ship said
they could see it with the binoculars but I haven’t seen it on
this trip. It does exist,. I’ve seen it once before. We seem
to be falling into a very comfortable pattern of everyone being able
to joke and kid with one another and yet when someone is off reading
or just watching the sea and sky we try to be aware when folks just
need some alone time. It isn’t like you can take off on a walk
or even go to your room. Remember most of us have roommates.
Last night it rained briefly when we were finishing drawing water
samples from the CTD, around midnight, when a few of us went out to
look at
the sky, it was so clear. I could actually see many of the individual
stars in the Milky Way it was awesome, we just stood there watching.
Please realize that when you are on a ship it rocks and the stars move
back and forth. I was able to draw a constellation that formed a rocking
horse and it rocked. I may not be able to see the published constellations,
but I sure can make them up.
Depending on the speed we are able to travel at tonight we should
probably cross the date line tomorrow. That is kind of wild, we have
moved our
clocks back twice since we left Honolulu and this will move it back
a day. That means instead of being 7 or 8 hours earlier than the folks
back home I’ll be back to today. When I think of date lines in
that way it is just plain weird. It seems as if going back to yesterday
could only happen in the Twilight Zone but it will happen to us tomorrow.
Have a great holiday weekend.
Ms. Daryl Newcomb
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