Location Taken: North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Time Taken: July 2012
FROTH!
Large ferries, like the one that goes between the tip of Nova Scotia and the southwestern corner of Newfoundland in Canada, take a long time to get going. It does make a certain amount of sense. This is a seven-hour journey, one way. This ferry, the Atlantic Vision, carries nearly 1000 passengers and 500 cars or trucks. It’s got ten levels, including car garages, cabins, and a floor purely for eating and relaxing on the trip. It’s also got to carry all the fuel needed for this trip, which is a very very large amount, thousands of tons, if not tens-of-thousands. This all adds up to a very large amount of weight, which means a lot of force is needed to get it going.
The engines started up around half an hour before the ferry left. At first there was only a small patch of disturbed water, but it kept growing and growing as time went by. It was fascinating watching the water first turn green as the underwater froth hit it, then white. The wave patterns were flattened and tossed around into a fabulous chaos.
The Arctic Red jellyfish weren’t too happy about it, though. The gulls loved it, as it brought the jellies and other critters closer to their seeking beaks. By the time the ship got moving, there were at least 20 gulls in sight, flying and diving and enjoying the feast.
The jellyfish, on the other hand, just floated there, tossed around by the whims of the currents.
I just stood their and watched it all, fascinated.
