After two failed attempts, the ship was eventually salvaged on the third attempt, on 2 July 2007, at a cost of about A$1.8 million. The 225 m (738 ft) Panamax bulk carrier was then towed to Japan, where the extensive damage was repaired. It was later renamed MV Drake.
Record ocean conditions were recorded during the storm. A maximum wave height of 14.13 m (46 ft) was recorded at the Sydney deepwater Waverider buoy, with around 300 mm (11.81 inches) of rain falling in 24 hours in the area, causing widespread flooding.
The Pasha Bulker did not heed the warning and subsequently ran aground in the storm, with both bow and stern stuck in the sand, almost parallel to Nobbys Beach in Newcastle.
The east coast low, a type of extratropical cyclone that forms off the east coast of Australia, was well forecast, and Newcastle Port Corporation radioed the 56 ships waiting offshore, requesting that they move further out to sea before the storm arrived.
On 8 June 2007, the Pasha Bulker grounded at Nobbys Beach in Newcastle, Australia. I was fortunate to be on site to capture the emergency helicopter evacuation of the ship’s 22 Filipino and Korean crew members during the storm. #storm #weather #photography
Feeling alone here on bsky
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Which tags ?
Any hints to find the community here? I am posing into the void.
Thanks Ole; how is it over here on Bsky?
Are there many photographers on BSky?
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Water transforms the outback when rare floods sweep down from Central Queensland, filling channels carved over millennia. Reached after days of 4WDing across outback floodplains, this fleeting landscape exists for only weeks. From the air, its veins of water reveal a story older than memory.
Nothing quite like a road trip in the mountains.
Nothing quite like offshore sailing
Just out here in the deep blue #sailing #photography
Waterspouts are hard to describe to anyone who has not seen them. The emotions of sailing away from one, with your family on board a small sailboat, are even harder to convey. This thing had more than enough power to do serious damage and potentially flip our sailboat.
This monster chased us for what felt like an eternity. We sailed away as fast as we could, running at a tangential angle to the shelf cloud to try to escape the system. The closer it got, the darker that leading edge became. #wx #photography
Which ones are good ?
Is there much of a crypto art community here?
Beautiful
Yep its accelerating in a bad direction
Whats up blue sky ? X seems more of a cesspit than normal so I thought I would try over here again
15/15 Thanks for making it though to the end ! If you would like to support my work please consider retweeting the first tweet below:
14/15 The final is It’s Alive! It’s Alive! from @punk6529's memes collection in April 2025
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13/15 The third is La Liberté guidant les Mfers from the @raremfers collection in October 2024
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12/15 The second was Seas The Memes from @punk6529's memes collection in March 2024
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11/15 I also have four editions as part of curated community releases. The first is Northern Invasion, part of the @SeizeTheMeebs collection from August 2023.
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10/15 Three editions of 69, all sold out, minted into the Intrepid Ocean Editions Manifold ERC-1155 contract in May 2025.
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9/15 Rare Earth Digital Prints, premium editions released in March 2025 in partnership with Gamma as part of my Rare Earth Inscriptions on BTC. Two works, each limited to 1/9: Crystal Mountains (5 available) and Red Borax River (8 available).
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8/15 Three editions in my Himalayan Awakening series on Solana, released in August 2024: Lhotse (1/20, nine remaining), Kala Patthar (1/10, sold out), and Lingtren (1/10, sold out).
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