{"id":319,"date":"2012-05-14T22:44:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T04:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/?p=319"},"modified":"2012-05-15T07:03:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T13:03:28","slug":"around-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/?p=319","title":{"rendered":"Around the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_333\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LST_Rainbow1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LST_Rainbow1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"LST_Rainbow\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LST_Rainbow1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LST_Rainbow1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LST_Rainbow1-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A light drizzle formed this rainbow over some old landing ships.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_334\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sunset_1\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_11.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_11-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset seems to last a lot longer when there are no other distractions around.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_336\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Moonrise_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Moonrise_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Moonrise_1\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Moonrise_11.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Moonrise_11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Moonrise_11-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortly after the sun set on one side of the boat, the moon rose over the other. Unfortunately, every case a cloud layer obscured any heavenly body breaking the horizon.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_338\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sunset_2\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_21.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sunset_21-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another cloudy sunset.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_343\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Distant_Storm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Distant_Storm1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Distant_Storm\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Distant_Storm1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Distant_Storm1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Distant_Storm1-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A distant rain is visible above our wake.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_342\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Risen_Moon_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Risen_Moon_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Risen_Moon_1\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Risen_Moon_11.jpg 338w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Risen_Moon_11-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was difficult to capture the moon at night.  The rocking of the vessel made a long exposure impractical, so the pictures came out dark.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_339\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Afternoon_Sun1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Afternoon_Sun1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Afternoon_Sun\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Afternoon_Sun1.jpg 338w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Afternoon_Sun1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sometimes the afternoon cloud cover did interesting things with the light.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_340\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Doomed_Mahi_mahi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Doomed_Mahi_mahi.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Doomed_Mahi_mahi\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Doomed_Mahi_mahi.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Doomed_Mahi_mahi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Doomed_Mahi_mahi-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here, a mahimahi is being pulled from the water. There were two caught on this trip.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sun_Wake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sun_Wake.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sun_Wake\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sun_Wake.jpg 338w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sun_Wake-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_345\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WWII_Bookends1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WWII_Bookends1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"WWII_Bookends\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WWII_Bookends1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WWII_Bookends1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WWII_Bookends1-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Arizona Memorial (right) marked America&#039;s entry into World War II on 7 December, 1941.  The surrender of Japan took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri (left) on 2 September, 1945.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.desertscope.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}