13 April 2008  Blue and White  Blue and white.  Most of the
time, our world is blue and white.  During the day, the piercing
sun brightens the sea to sapphire, and the sky gleams a
brilliant topaz. Frothy caps of cresting waves mottle the
seascape, and puffy cotton pillars of mounting thunderheads
punctuate the gentle curve of the horizon.  After twilight the
universe darkens in every direction to varying shades of
midnight, and as the air dries and the sky clears, it sparkles
with a blanket of stars most civilized men see but in dreams.
Only in the middles, in this shifting spectrum of the sea, as
the sun sweeps the darkness from the sky or settles down for his
daily rest, do the edges of the earth and the clouds conspire to
produce a bold palette of colors, and oppose the tyranny of
blues.   Mike's America said...  Was that the sunrise or the
sunset?  Stunning photograph by LCDR Chris van Avery.  cat
said...  I need to get my friend to read this... He's going
USAFA and I'm going USNA, so of course he think