Asian Jupiter: Hakata Port

7 Responses to Asian Jupiter: Hakata Port

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   Fish Whisperer on March 22, 2009 at 4:23 am

   And yet another great image. Hats off to you.
   Cheers
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   crash on March 23, 2009 at 10:23 am

   beautiful image!
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   Framed and Shot on March 23, 2009 at 11:47 am

   A very striking image. It is very dark and mysterious, but it suits the subject well. The water looks like oil or molten lead. Great atmosphere.
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   Steve on March 25, 2009 at 12:29 am

   Awesome! Looks way cooler that the JR Beetle. I love your black and white photography.
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   Stephen Crawford on March 25, 2009 at 7:49 pm

   I have added a link to a screen shot from Google Earth/Ocean, under the main photograph.

   @ Framed and Shot: I think oil and molten lead would be a pretty good guess. I’ve seen people catching small fish and squid from the docks, and in summer, kids play in the rock pools and catch octopus. Maybe Google should upgrade the bay to a “Tough Fish Only Zone”

   @Steve: We are probably neighbours. The Beetle was docked not too far from where the photo of the Asian Jupiter was taken. It looks a lot better when it gets going.
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   Mike Cash on September 2, 2009 at 9:17 pm

   I saw this ship today from the Yokohama Bay Bridge and it killed me that I wasn’t able to get a photo of her. She looks like a much larger car carrier got her aft 1/3 chopped off in an accident and the owners just decided to leave her short and put her back in service.

   Sort of the AMC Gremlin effect visually, if you know what I mean.
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   Stephen Crawford on September 3, 2009 at 10:04 pm

   @Mike Cash
   The ship was docked close to the security gate, usually they are further up the dock.
   I went to the bay area recently and the homeless people who live under the expressway have moved out and access to the most of the area is restricted and fenced off now.
   Here is a photograph on TwitPic of a sunset and navy ship “US Aegis Destroyer Pinckney” photographed through same the fence.