Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Many Faces of Europa

The Tall Ship Europa, Charleston, SC  © Doug Hickok


Every few years, several tall ships from around the world sail into Charleston Harbor for the Maritime Festival. This beauty is the barque Europa, which hails from the Netherlands, and will be 100 years old this summer.

Europa is also the woman in Greek mythology after whom Europe was named.

Europa is the name of a princess from Tyre, who later became a girlfriend of Zeus.

Europa is one of the moons of Jupiter (aka Zeus).

Europa is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt.

Europa is the web portal for the EU.

And perhaps most importantly, Europa is a classic rock song by Santana, and one of the sweetest instrumentals ever!


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23 comments:

  1. ChristopherMay 18, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    I love the tall ships and this is a beauty--lovely shot Doug and such a cool, interesting narrative.

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  2. Marie LCMay 18, 2011 at 1:26 AM

    I am a lover of boats, more particularly old sailing ships as this one. Beautiful composition in diagonal.

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  3. Traveling HawkMay 18, 2011 at 1:28 AM

    Nice photo, I like the bridge at the horizon!

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  4. fabrizioMay 18, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    fascinating details, great work

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  5. Cezar and LéiaMay 18, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    I love your explanation about Europa! :)
    And this picture is beautiful, I would like to visit a ship, I have never visited one inside.Maybe some day! :)
    Léia

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  6. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    I love sailboats! Europa is a very fine ship and your photo is excellent!

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  7. GinnieMay 18, 2011 at 2:17 AM

    Amen, preach it, Doug! All of it. When it comes to ships (and a lot of other things!), I'm proud to be living in The Netherlands these days. Beautiful image of Europa, and you're so right about the Santana YouTube!

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  8. LuizaMay 18, 2011 at 2:24 AM

    Cool. I´ve visited the Sedov in antwerp. Beautiful!

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  9. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    Very cool, like it :-)

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  10. yzMay 18, 2011 at 2:59 AM

    excellent framing

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  11. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 3:50 AM

    http://comillasagmprisma.blogspot.com/2011/03/proa-europa.html
    I like it, is curios because I have the stern of this sali boat in my blog.

    Nice colours, nice light for a nice boat.

    Greetings from Spain.

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  12. OlaMay 18, 2011 at 3:52 AM

    elegant yacht!

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  13. brattcatMay 18, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    thank you for this beautiful and grand tour of "europa".

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  14. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    Each wire, rope, strung net, chain so perfectly clear in the photo with the cables of the bridge barely visible on the horizon. You've captured the beauty of geometry.

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  15. AlexandraMay 18, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    We too have a maritime festival up here, Doug, in Quebec City. I think this amazing ship has been here too.

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  16. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    fabtastic ship - excellent image, framing and colors
    http://krikis.aminus3.com

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  17. NR @ ExPla.netMay 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    it's also an amazing song from Carlos Santana :).. great photo, I miss Chucktown so much...

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  18. RobMay 18, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Well, done, I have always wanted to photo-shoot a tall ship. So much to see with the graceful lines of ropes.

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  19. London CallerMay 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    The funny thing is here in Britain, if you mention Europe, that's actually the European Continent to them.

    They don't see themselves as European. ;)

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  20. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    Nice one Doug!

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  21. franzMay 18, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    to this wonderful picture and your informative words i say, "long live EUROPA, long live santana, long live photographers who take photos like this!" ;-))

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  22. VPMay 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    I love sail boats and would be glad if you will be able to post some other pictures of this beautiful ship. I am old enough to remember well Carlos Santana's Europe and still like it!

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  23. OKMay 18, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    really nice composition of this sailing boat.

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