Just a Drill (More on the Eclipse)

Good thing too! It would be REAL embarrassing to sink while still tied to the dock. Here are a few quick pictures from the eclipse:

After steaming hard all night, the Captain managed to get out of the clouds just in time for the eclipse. Cairns and Port Douglas were rained out. (More on that later)

Notice the sunspots. The nice ring on the sun that you see is a minor defect in my filter (I think...)

Just as totality occurred, we caught a flare.

Totality! More from the reef (the day before) in the next post...