Baltic Sea - 59°42'54" N 21°33'27" E

At sea.

We were crossing the Baltic Sea, going from Helsinki to the Swedish archipelago. It was almost midnight and the sun had just taken a quick bow beneath the horizon. A ferry was passing us, under engine in the twilight.

I took a picture of the ferry as it went by us and hailed the night watchperson on the VHF radio.

“Your ship looks marvellous in this light. Would you mind taking a picture of us?”

The next day, as we sail into mobile phone coverage, an email arrives.

Sent via email from the Viking Ship Gabriella, from Watch Officer Ronja Åström

Looks like he used his binoculars to get a closer picture. He said in the email,
Here are all the pictures we managed to take, sorry we don’t have that good cameras here.

No worries, Ronja.  Those pictures are perfect.