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Published: 2018-03-10 16:32:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 205; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 0
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Recent (and continuing) storms have brought huge waves, high winds and torrential rain... Not easy to navigate in a sandy river estuary joining the Atlantic Ocean. Sorry for the quality - this weather is not good for carrying a DSLR
The "fort" on the right comes from the Napoleonic Era and was also aΒ (very cold and damp) prison for political prisoners. It also has a lighthouse to mark the navigable channel... Clearly the Captain missed it this time
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It is, but we had a rough 3 weeks
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A very interesting description. Thank you very much for sharing capture and story, dear Mel.
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You are very welcome dear Ans - it took them almost 2 weeks to bring a salvage vessel up from Spain and then have a weather window (between the storms and rough seas) to be able to remove the ship from the sand bank... it had a lot of water in the hull and was listing to one side...
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Thanks Riki - its still there!!
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Oh I betcha! That prison was "very cold and damp".Β Makes me shiver just looking at it!Β Β Great capture! And the "quality" somehow adds 'impact' to this shot, Mel.
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Damp is an understatement - flooded maybe a more realistic description... many died there in great pain and distress
Thank for your comments about the quality - under the conditions (taking the shot) it was the best I could do..
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Makes me shudder to think about it...
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And even harder to remove it now it is taking on water...
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I suspect that the storm this weekend has also pushed it even further onto the sand bank... So will need a couple of salvage tugs to get her off
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Rough weather indeed Lucila - many thanks!!
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My pleasure Mel
spring is on the way!!!
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It sure is - and the Atlantic weather systems are in a very "playful" mood
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Exciting!!
Today there is less rain - but still some... but the winds are
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great catch of the weather and overall ambiance like in a movie from the 50's !!
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Thanks Riki!! The wind and rain here today is dramatic - parts of the coastal path are shut again and the wind from the west is gusting so much people are nearly off of their feet...
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bad for them - good for fotography Mel
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Really stormy ... almost bringing me a seasickness.Β Β Β
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It has been for about 10 days now - glad I have not been on a ship in this!!
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Most certainly is Mark!!
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Thanks - would have like to have taken it with my camera - but too much wind and rain to be carrying it
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I amΒ in the Great Lakes of the States.....
Love watching the waves but they can be deadly
Great capture
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Thank you Hal
You are quite right - a lot of power in water (1 tonne per m3) and the waves hitting the shores are Atlantic storm waves - nothing to reduce their force until they hit the shore...
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you are very welcome,
This famous song is from my Lake Superior up here in the Great Lakes....
This lake never gives up her dead....
youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A
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A song I know well - in my youth and 20's I was a fan of Gordon... I hear he is still performing!!
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That is the thing about good music,,,,,
it crosses from country to country, from person to person
and from heart to heart...
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Wonderful capture Mel! Rough seas for sure!
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Thanks very much Peggy - much appreciated!!
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This isn't how I imagine Portugal to be generally. You were hit hard !
Emma was so fierce and had snow by the time it got here. Lots of it...
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We did not get the snow but lots of almost everything else on the menu... In the centre of the country there was a lot of wind and rain damage...
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Emma left quite a trail behind her...
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She did indeed - and after all the fires last year, there was noting to hold the soil back from the torrential rains...
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Oh dear. I didn't hear anything about this...
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Amazing shot dear Mel. I can see such turbulence and I love lighthouses as well. 
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Thanks very much Denyse - The seas have been MUCH more turbulent of recent and will be again within the next 6 to 10 hours - so many areas are closed off by the police as the risk to life is too great...
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