"En trombe" in French is an idiomatic way to mean as fast as a waterspout. Given the accumulated delays, we decided to go from Dunkerque to Den Helder in the Netherlands.
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| A view at the coast around Ostende |
Apartment buildings along the shore are competing with cathedrals nowadays to become the "sole moutains" that
Jacques Brel sings in the flat land.
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| The procession of ship entering the corridors |
The coast is very busy with lots of corridors for large ship en route to Zeebruge, Antwerpen, Rotterdam... Unexpectedly, the traffic almost stops during the night and we managed to get across without using the engine and without to high emotions.
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| Ship waiting their turn for making it to Rotterdam |
There are large concentration of ships waiting their turn to enter in the harbours. In the night they are so bright that you can see their reflection on the clouds.
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| Along the wind farms off the Dutch coast |
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| Was a ship, not the red buoy we were looking for |
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| Quite an undertaking for a small container off a gaz platform |
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| The birth of a waterspout over an oil rig |
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| Happy to be at a distance... |
Quite a scary amazing phenomenon. Some say that such waterspouts can bring fish rains! See
wikipedia for more information. The NOAA advises to run away at 90° angle when you spot one moving. Ours did not seem to move...
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