mars

Some colleagues of mine from work went with me on a night cruise of Santa Cruz harbor on a 70-ft. sailboat.


(The view of the helm at sunset)

It was quite an adventure. We had choppy water and the boat tilted at some points at a 45 degree angle. We had to hold on for dear life to not slide into the ocean.

Anyhow, the view at night was amazing. As the sun set, we first saw as a bright spec in the horizon; this week happens to mar's closest approach to earth (~35M miles) since 60,000 years ago. Then the rest of the stars came out, and an amatuer astronomer pointed out all the different constellations before we returned to the slip.

It was quite an enjoyable night.