When the Mediterranean Sea gets tough. Best viewed enlarged.
On Sunday I went out with camera in hand for the normal walk along the Sliema promenade. I had been wanting to take some shots of really rough seas and because Saturday was such a wintery day, I thought Sunday would be ideal to take some rough sea photos. And, for once (maybe more), I was more than right. The sea was a spectacle to watch crashing against the stubborn rock which was prepared to take all the sea could throw at it. It was a spectacle that I shared with many more people who came to watch, some with camera in hand, others just to discuss with friends on the beauty of the show. JP was passing there too and was so taken with taking shots of the rough sea that he said he got a shower before realising that the incoming wave he was shooting was too big to avoid at the last minute.
This shot shows the waves crashing against the bridge which links mainland Valletta and the harbour breakwater. The building on the right is Fort St Elmo which has been there for centuries and is always the first to take the brunt of any storm. The walls of the fort are at least 5 high so you can visualise in your minds the height the crashing breakers reached. Sliema (from where I took this shot) is on the side of Marsamxett creek opposite to Valletta. Marsamxett has large yacht marinas further inland which are very sheltered. The outer area of Marsamxett was covered with a mist of seawater produced by the splashes of the wave. Hence the blur in this shot.
Thank you very much for looking and for your lovely comments on yesterday’s picture.
Very wild and rugged and rough. We've just had very wild seas here to as the result of a cyclone. A nephew had a fishing hut, a new tank and a generator all completely destroyed and wash up into the mangroves. Not tough like your fort.
