meme gacked from liz_lowlife

Not done one of these for awhile
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Behemoth in the house

There's one very large oil rig moored in the harbour and i can see it from the window at work. There's another one just down a ways which i can't see from said window. I took a couple of sunrise shots of it this morning and planned to take the ferry home after work to take some pics of it in the daylight. Luck stayed with me and it was a really nice sunny day. The big-ass one is the Rowan Gorilla, one of the largest rigs in the world and is used for deep sea stuff. I think it's off to the Hibernia oil fields off Newfoundland from here. The other is Seajack Kraken, a lower platform rig. As you can see, it's pretty freakin' big too as judged by comparison with the little blue sailboat next to it, but the Gorilla is about three times that size. You can see a panorama of the harbour showing both rigs here to give you an idea and there's a full album of photos on Facebook here. There are more photos in that album than just the rig, i also took some photos of the pretty trees behind the parking lot at the bus terminal. Sadly they will mostly be mowed under since there is going to be a larger bus terminal built there soon. I thought it was supposed to be under way by now but obviously not.



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