Good Morning Everyone!

From earlier this morning.......



Any ideas?

Good morning Carol,

Interesting "object" on the cam. Beats me! Looks man-made?

I wonder if we'll get another hint?

Cheers,

Bill

Carol,

Are you near the West Nile Virus breakout that I caught briefly on the news last night?

Bill

Hi Bill,
Hmmmmm.....never thought about man-made! There have been four cases of West Nile Virus in Portsmouth, which is a neighboring city - across the Elizabeth River. None so far on this side of the river, but I am sure it is coming.

Carol

Carol,

Last year we had the first dead birds diagnosed with West Nile and this summer all through Southwestern Ontario many dead birds have been confirmed. In Winnipeg Manitoba, home of the Godzilla mosquito, they have also had positive confirmation of West Nile.

So far I don't think any people have been confirmed. I understand that for healthy people the effect is like a flu, so many cases would likely never be identified anyway.

All quiet on the cams this morning.

Bill

Bill,
The four cases were crows.....I heard on the news last night that the virus is striking younger people ("some as young as forty"! - made me feel good)- I guess in the past only "older" people have bee affected.
It is quiet on the cams this morning - I was hoping for another visit from Shiva.

Carol

Yes those Shiva visits are something else! I wonder if it is the plastic as Jake has thought or whether it is extra sensitive to HF electricity. Maybe it is getting a "buzz"??

Just better not decide to eat the whole camera!

What is today's definition of young and old anyway? I know we are not supposed to trust anyone over 30 - passed that gate decades ago! - but I get the idea that the old-young barrier is moving down to 20!

Anyway - too "old" now to care.

Cheers,


Bill

"Please do not leave your bags unattended"

mornin carol and bill...carol, nice cuda capture!

He must like it here......been in the same spot for six minutes.

Hello all,

He is still there!!

I think we should name him.....how about "Bart"

Carol

He hovered for 12 minutes.

yes, that´s a good name.

he leaves after 14.40!

carol, bart's a good name...hi gerrit! how's retirement?

That was pretty cool. I had to go back and check the archives to make sure my 40 something eyes where not deceiving me. 12 minutes is a long time for a fish. Bonaire is never far from my heart!

oops, this one was supposed to be the second one...can you tell i am procrastinating on my housework?????

Hi Cynde!!

It´s the greatest time, of my life after my military duty!

Am just returnd from a sailingtrip with an old friend, on th north sea, 400 Nautical Miles. And enjoyd it very well.
Howareyou??

oh my gosh Gerrit! 400 nautical miles???? wow, that must have been fantstic! Glad you are enjoying your retirement...we are good, haven't been diving in a month, but we hope to get out next weekend for a beach dive at least! Where all did you go in the North Sea??? Did you see anything interesting out in the deep blue?

The trip was from Denmark Oostzee (east sea)via a 100 Kilometers long channel in Germany, then the Noordzee (north sea), in the open sea. With sometimes continue sailing for 24 hours, without seeing anything but WATER. Ofcourse we see also our RADARscreen, and the other navigating equipement. Oh yes, we looked a few times in the face of a seadog (sea-lion) and a smallest dolphin (Bruinvis / brownfish in Dutch).
And we have observated the GREEN FLASH at sunset!

Hi, Carol, Cynde, DeEtta, Bill and Gerrit..Looks like this guys saying, thank goodness he picked someone else for lunch...great cuda shots!

Bill, I think the new saying for our generation is don't trust anyone UNDER 30...I think a lot of them went into investment banking :-)

This is that Last Glimps,

gerrit, just had to look at our globe (of the world)...when you went to the Noordzee to the open sea, how far did you go? How was the weather?

wow gerrit! absolutely amazing! Is the green dot in the middle the beginning or end of the green flash?

Cynde, if you look at the north-west part off Germany you see a town "KIEL", and also "CUXHAVN".
Then we sail north off the islas from Germany and th Netherlands to a island called TEXEL. (that is in the north-west part of Holland. We had Easterly winds force 3 - 4 bfrt all the time. Due too bad wheater we go inside Holland for the last part of the trip to Amsterdam and IJmuiden. In rain and strong wids from the wets force 5 -6 bfrt.

Got a diver by the tail end here!

Gerrit,
What a wonderful adventure! Thanks for the photo of the "green flash" - I always wondered what it looked like.
I blew this one up.....what is that on the sea floor?



Carol

Cynde, that flash have a duration of two seconds!during decending the last part of the visible sun. There must be very clear conditions on the horizon, that´s why its seldom seen.

Gerrit, sounds like a wonderful trip and the photo is spectacular! Here's the rest of the recent dive visit...

Looks like a parrot fish going low, Cynde. This divers trying to take our picture!

Carol, i think its a female parrot fish...

Sorry, meant Carol...reading and writing too fast!

Gerrit, your photo of the green flash did my heart good - thanks for posting. Ahhhh...to be able to see a true green flash...at this point in my life, I would be content to be mearly looking for one. *sigh*

...make that "merely." Hey, I don't have to be responsible for spelling OR grammar until the kiddos come back into my classroom, right? Dreaming of Bonaire...

hey barbara...good captures! gerrit, got it now (thanks for the geography lesson...one thing i love about this group is you learn so much about other parts of the world... texel part of the wadden islands, correct?

hey mz. hazel how ya been???? did you do anything interesting this summer?

Hazel, it takes me 57 years to see one!! :-)

Cynde you are very correct about TEXEL!

Your score is 10 points now!!!!

wooohoo! do i get the grand prize?

No no, goto the next level...

oh, ok...(sigh)

Hi everyone,
Just a quick peek in at the end of the night here in the UK. Some interesting pics today.
Hope you all had a nice Sunday.

Hi Gerrit, Carol, Cynde, Barbara and others.
How are you. Gerrit, we share a hobby. My hubby and I are also eclipse chasers and we love to catch the green flash or sun distortions at sun set on the sea. These two pics have been taken on...Bonaire and I would like to offer them to you to make you feel happy. I feel amazed with your own green flash pic, good job. Thanks for the pics of Bart. Great catch too. Hope everyone had a nice week end, I have been working . I Will stay a little while with you, if you are still there and go to bed shortly, it is time for us.

Hi Maria, you are popping out too ! How are you ?

Fine thanks Martine,
Another busy Sunday over, my children have gone back and I can sit at the computer again.
Great pics Martine, it must be a wonderful sight to see it for real. How was your weekend?

hi martine, great pictures!

Hi Maria,
I have had a hard day at the airport today too, but I think it will quieten a bit tomorrow till the end of the month. It's easy to witness a green flash but as gerrit said, the sky must be perfectly pure, no clouds or mist, and it's better to see at the sea side. I'll explain you how to observe in my next email. OK ? These pics have been shot with my telescope and the boat aside in one of the two Bonaire tugs.

Hi Cynde,
How's your mum settled now after the fire's?

Martine, it must be busy with the holiday season.At least you can relax for a little while and visit Bonaire on the web cams. I see Shiva was visiting yesterday again.

Hi maria, Cynde, the Bonaire tug and I are just saying good night. It is sun set at Bonaire too, and the tug is probably leaving for a mission.

Hi Maria,
Yes, I saw Shiva visited us yesterday, but I didn't understand well what they say about a plastic on the webcam. Do you know we have a new dweller ? Bart, the Barracuda...

No I didnt get that either about the plastic, maybe its a joke we missed. Interesting to see the barracuda.

Maria, are you still there ? Can't sleep, and you know why...hubby snoring ! Maybe I camp on the sofa.

Martine, Ha Ha, perhaps you need a tent in the garden. sofa is too close.

A couple of nice sunsets, and I think its time for bed.

Yes Maria, perhaps. Fortunately my computer has the "spider solitaire", then it helps between BT. I'll end my game and will do a second tempt.

I like solitaire too and hearts. also I like to play dominoes on the web. although my favourite at the moment is snood.

I never play on the web, I don't know why. What is "snood" , do you know "Spider Solitaire" ? I like the difficult one with 4 colours.

Lights are going out on the reef cam, so I think its time for me to go to bed as well. So I will say goodnight all, and perhaps will catch you tommorow.

Yes Maria, I think it's wiser for me too (I lost my game). I wish you a nice night all and catch you tomorrow.

Martine,Snood is a game I downloaded from the net, it is like a shooting ball game, you can get hooked on it too. I have spider solitaire too, also free cell, another card game. they are all good.

Night Night, Martine.
Sleep Well, see you tommorow.

martine and maria, you have probably gone to bed by now...maria, my mom has settled back in and is very thankful that her house was not burned!...as far a shiva, there is a red plastic "filter" lens on the camera, shiva has "sucked" it off a couple of times and then decided it wasn't as tastey as she thought so then spit it out, Jake had to go out and put it back on...