
A photo of the continuing attempts to refloat the MS Riverdance that was stranded on the beach north of Blackpool on the 31st January after being broadsided by a freak wave.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7221386.stm
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@Lorraine: Thanks very much Lorraine!
@Saeed: Cheers Saeed!
@Barbara: I was really luck Barbara.....the sun came out from behind the heavy clouds just long for enough for 3 photos. The rest of my shots didn't compare to this one.
They seem to be concentrating on getting the cargo off at the moment but I agree that it's difficult to see how they're going to refloat it.
@alex centrella: Thanks very much Alex!
@Michael Skorulski: I was really lucky with the light Michael as the sun only came out for a few seconds......the rest of the day was overcast.
@Russ Devan: Thanks Russ......I always find it amazing how wet sand, without even standing water on it, can carry such strong reflections like that
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Micheal.....it's a real puzzle to see how they are ever going to refloat it. At the moment it looks like they are still getting the cargo off.
@Julio Pulido: Thanks you very much Julio!
@«miguel.peixeiro»: Thanks Miguel......the ultimate compliment!
@Michael: Thanks very much Michael....I was incredibly lucky with the light to get those few seconds of sunshine on what was such an overcast and dull day!
@amy: Hi Amy....this is just the latest in a long series of shipwrecks on this beach!
Wikipedia lits about 20 of them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool#Shipwrecks and about 50 yards behind me as i was taking this photo was the old wreck of a big wooden sailing ship with the stumps of the spars just sticking up above the sand.
I think it's something to do with the prevailing westerley winds which mean that if a ship gets into trouble here it ends up on the beach.
@Japanalia: Thanks!.....yes, the photo wouldn't have been the same without the Coastguard's 4x4 to give some interest to the foreground!
NIKON D40
1/500 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
19 mm (35mm equiv.)