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Old man blue sky river

An evening where a sudden change to rainy clouds added heavy blue tone to the Ton-Le Sap river walk.

And some angry skies, indeed...for those who spot such pareidolian patterns.

But the evening dinner boats are ready for an evening with some colourful partying on the river.


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Photo shows a deep blue evening just after sunset with two party/evening dinner river trip boats just about to leave with guests. The boats are well and partylike deorated with lights. In the background is the river Tonle Sap with a couple smaller boats, and the houses on the other river side. In the background the evening sky is split in two, a lighter dark sky to the east and deep dark stormy rainy clouds. Where the dark clouds meet the lighter side, the clouds forms a profile reminiscent of a elder gentleman.
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A Dutch Vessel in a Strong Breeze (1670) by Willem van de Velde the Younger. Such pictures were popular in seventeenth-century Holland because they were exciting, but they were also a reminder of the dangers encountered by the hundreds of mariners who were an important part of the country’s prosperity.

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An angry tide surges around two small transport boats heading for disaster under a stormy sky. The crew of the kaag, desperate to avoid collision with the fast approaching smalschip, have released the horizontal spar to take the wind out of the mainsail. This way, the vessel will slow and – with luck – pass safely behind the smaller craft. A smaller open boat heads towards them, two men pointing at the impending catastrophe. The sideways sweep of the three vessels and their converging diagonal lines strengthen the tension. A weak beam of sunlight illuminates the sail of the kaag; it highlights the drama but, together with the flag still flying at the masthead, perhaps also suggests a ray of hope in a pitiless sea.
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