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A man-made island

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:21 pm
by Coconuts
This evening, we noticed a new island that appeared behind Buck (that's the one on the right) and Capella (the one on the left). This ginormous floating island (aka cruise ship) departed the scene shortly thereafter, for ports of call unknown, leaving its smaller but more securely tethered brethren behind. By the way, common questions to VINP park rangers include "What keeps all the islands from banging into each other?", and "Do they go all the way to the bottom?"
A new island appears behind Buck and Capella
A new island appears behind Buck and Capella
All the best,

Kevin

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:36 pm
by Marcia (Mrs. Pete)
Too funny!!

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:37 am
by ski2play
Love this! Thanks for sharing!

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:06 am
by jimg20
We have people in Congress, I understand, who are concerned that they might tip over.

JIM

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:34 pm
by david@va.beach
I hope that's where they relocate the mega coral bay marina....

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:53 pm
by michigan girls
Exactly what I was going to say Jim - I sent my friend who lives on Guam a message telling her I hoped her home wasn't going to capsize ;-)

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:04 am
by lorijo068
That's funny! Last week when we were at Coconuts we said that cruise ships were as big as some of the islands!
Wish we were still there! :(

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:16 pm
by Coconuts
Lori: You have two PM's, but they haven't been read yet; hence this post. We think that someone in your party left some photo gear behind. Please check your VIOL inbox.

All the best,

Kevin

Re: A man-made island

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:40 am
by JohnM
Thomas Perry's novel 'Island' is an enjoyable read on the subject.