AUGUST 2004 – The sun sets behind the cruise ship AIDAblu near Laboe in Germany. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
In 2004 we went on a sailing trip with Petra’s father. Back then, he owned a yacht and enjoyed his retirement by crusing the Baltic Sea from early May to mid-September. We joined him for a week in summer and came on board in Laboe near Kiel, Germany.
While Laboe has been a tourist spot for a long time, the village has been able to preserve its charms with its long clean beach, historical harbour and small buildings. Yet it has everything you’d expect from a summer destination, and the city of Kiel is nearby.
After checking in with the father-in-law, we went to the harbour to get some tasty and fresh sea food and watched the sunset over the Baltic Sea. Imagine our joy when the AIDAblu, a big cruise ship, passed on its way to the Nordics. What a sight!
By the way, the ship carried the name AIDAblu just from 2004 to 2007. After a long winded history of brand and ownership changes, the cruise ship was scrapped in 2020 in India. Wikipedia has all the details (in German.)
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The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 14-AUG-2004, 20:30 |
| Location | Laboe, Germany |
| Camera | Sony DSC-P72 |
| ISO | 100 |
| Exposure | 1/80 sec at f/10 |
| Digital Image Source Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 2040 x 1524 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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