The 1000+ islands off the northern coast of Vietnam are, understandably, considered one of their national treasures. Ha Long Bay, which boasts some spectacular views and caves, is located among them, and no trip to Vietnam is complete without choking down diesel fumes to ride the old boats in a sort of un-pleasure cruise around the Bay.
I was up early from the rumblings of the diesel engine on our boat when I shot this picture using a nighttime filter on the lens to accentuate the blue tone to the whole scene. The photography on this trip was well worth the discomfort, but so was the feeling that we were floating in some little cauldron of life ringed by all these little mountains. It made the scuba diver in me itchy to get down below and see what it looked like to watch all those mountain tops ascend from the sea floor. One look and sniff of the water, however, and I decided that a nice clear side-scan sonar image of the Bay would suffice just fine. The Thousand Islands are a natural treasure for – shall we say – their visual, and not their olfactory, splendor.
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