Indigo seas

I wish I could describe the color of the water. I wish I could take a picture of it that would fully describe its beauty. I wish I could bottle it up and take the color with me.

It’s a mix of indigo and a deep blue, unlike any blue I’ve ever seen before. It’s because the water is so deep here and is really only a color you can experience in the middle of the ocean. The shade changes throughout the day. In the early morning, just after sunrise and right after sunset, there is a silky silvery finish on the top. You can almost imagine that it’s a sea of silver, carefully reflecting the sunlight. When clouds are dark and present, the water takes on a black tone and a feeling of evil as you begin to see and feel larger swells. In the presence of lighter gray clouds, the water has a smooth creamy gray shade. Under the heat of the sun, the water is the brilliant deep blue, with traces of turquoise and white made by the movement of the boat.

We have ~25 days left out here. We’ve been to three stations, I’ve filtered 99 samples, and we have at least 9 more stations to go. Today we are steaming away from our 3rd station as we head to the 4th. The boat is at approx. 20S and 90W and we’re continuing to the west.

Hope you all are well.