Nemo’s Garden: the world’s first underwater farm
From terracing to paddy fields, farmers around the world have used ingenious methods to grow crops in inhospitable environments. But the underwater farms are really uniques! We are in Noli, […]
Sea fireflies which turn Japanese beaches into a beautiful work of art.
The bright blue stripes that color the rocks just off the coast of Okayama beach, Japan, are not strange special effects, but very small luminescent living beings, called “sea fireflies” […]
Dhanushkodi, the ghost town returned by the sea.
Dhanushkodi was an Indian city located exactly opposite Sri Lanka, the last human outpost before the narrow channel between the two nations. The meaning of its name means “End of […]
Monterey Peninsula in California: Pebble Beach, ghost trees and the ghost of a Lady in Lace ~
Pebble Beach was the original name of the rocky cove located on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula in California. The owners of the near-by Hotel Del Monte purchased the cove and […]
19# I Saw three ships….
When thinking of Christmas, we think of Santa Claus, nativity, Christmas trees, lights….but when thinking of Christmas at sea, we probably immediately think of the traditional carol “I Saw Three […]
The Splendid Waves of the 19th century paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky.
The painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, in the nineteenth century, was the author of some of the most incredible paintings representing the sea. Of Russian-Armenian origin, he was one of the […]
Ile Sainte-Marie: Here lie the bones of pirates who terrorized the seas during the 17th and 18th centuries!
We are on the small island of Ile Sainte-Marie, off the coast of eastern Madagascar, where lie the bones of pirates who terrorized the seas during the 17th and 18th […]
Santa Cruz del Islote: the Island of the Caribbean with 105,000 inhabitants per Km²
Santa Cruz del Islote is a tiny coral island, one of the smallest in the San Bernardo archipelago, and it is located across from the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the […]
Live: High Water in Venice.
Venice sinks from when it was born because the sandy soils with time are compacted and are settled. The phenomenon is called subsidence. The subsidence became very fast in the […]
Tashirojima: a paradise for cat-lovers in Japan.
Tashirojima (田代島) is a small, rural island off the coast of central Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture. Informally known as “Cat Island”, It’s just over three kilometers long and It […]
Phare de Trézien
182 steps face visitors to this 37 meter high lighthouse, with a range of 23 miles. Built in 1894, it stands inland, 500 meters from the shore. Its white beam […]
Pontusval Lighthouse.
The savage beauty of the Pays Pagan coastline, known as “Shipwreck Shore”, has long been feared by sailors on account of its granite rocks, strong currents and the tradition sourronding […]
The Mysterious Greek Ship on the Coral Island of Kish.
Last week, a mysterious wreck appeared on the shores of Myanmar. But there is another story, which speaks of a more or less mysterious wreck, a massive ship landed in […]
Myanmar: a Ghost ship with no one on board runs aground on coast.
People, including authorities, are confused by this mysterious vessel but navy investigation suggests it was en route to Bangladesh to be scrapped. This is the mystery of a ghost ship, […]
Phare du Four
The Four channel runs along the end of the Léon and avoids the bypass west of the archipelago of Molène and Ouessant. Shortcut useful but dangerous, it was for a […]
Île Vierge: the highest lighthouse in Europe.
Île Vierge (Virgin Island) is located just 1.5km off the coast, to the north-east of the entrance to the Aber-Wrac’h. Different hypothesis are available about the name of this small […]
