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Created on: Sunday 2 February 2020
Posted on: Saturday 7 March 2020
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Albums: Vacations / 2020 NCL Dawn Southern Caribbean Cruise / Sail Away Day
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Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Wonderful sunset colors!

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

View to the right

View to the left

View from our balcony

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

View from behind the wheel

View as we start leaving looking forward

Using the "Oil Painting" feature of the camera at sunset

Under the bridge

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Touching the stingray

Those black rocks would become white-ish if put in baking soda and water.

This is Bes...our Tour Guide/driver for the day (just not at Stingray)

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

This barge came very close to us as we passed each other in the channel

They can swim under the platform we started our tour on.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

The sun is almost set

The sign says it all!

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

The par that's in the middle of the tail is the barb

The origin of the name of this town

The orange rays are disappearing

The end of the body of the female stingray

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

The "beach" the females lay their eggs in. The workers move the eggs to the Hatchery.

That's one of the restaurants we went to: Jackson's Bistro Bar & Sushi

That's a tight fit!

Swimming under a platform for workers

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Standing mid-ship

SS American Victory

Soft smooth skin

Smiley the Crocodile

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Slight side view from mid-ship

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Selfie on the River Walk

See I can smile!

See how they flaps their sides to move

Rules for touching the turtles

Right under me!

Port side towards aft

Physiology of the turtles

Photos to help explain previous picture

Passing by Brian

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Our ship's purple lights look good with the bridge lights

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

One side of the engine room

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Off in the distance: Carnival Legend Cruise ship and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Now our adventure begins!

More black spiky rocks!

Mid-ship facing forward

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Lots of stingrays and fish...hey free food daily, you'd hang out too!

Looking back through our wing wall

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Look one turtle is in the tunnel like Erica was in Tampa!

Look how close the poles on the ship get to the bridge

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Loggerhead Turtle size

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Lining up between the markers

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Green Turtle

Leaving Tampa Bay

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

It was cool being able to sit there!

It needs a bit of paint touch ups when it goes to dry dock in December

Isn't she cute!

Info about the ship

I love the "smile" the ship has

I got to touch one that's just a few years old!

Hold it like an icecream cone, and keep your thumb down

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Heritage of the turtles

Here comes another

Headed out to Stingray City

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Hawksbill Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Hatchery Statue

Green Turtle Facts

Grand Cayman is a tender port...we are leaving the ship

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

Getting closer!

Gently gliding along

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Gentle creature

Full side view of the ship

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Eyes on the top

Exploring the stairs

Erica the Turtle!

Erica is taking aim...

Electrical room

Don't touch the barb...it will hurt you!

Display of how an incubator is set up

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Crocodile questions

Cool lights on the bridge

Conservation of the turtles

Coming through!

Coming back to the ship

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Brilliant orange sky!

Brian in our Living Room

Brian holding the stingray

Brian enjoying the view

Breeding Pond Info

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Are those lava rocks?

Answers to the questions

Another version of the view from the balcony

Another Hatchery Statue

Another "oil painting" filter picture

Almost fully through

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

A male on the right, I think a female in the middle, and unknown gender on the left

A lizard in the middle of the picture that ran out in front of us.

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