August 22, 2013: Gold Chains

365 Project, Day 62

Here is my day sixty-two submission to my 365Project:

Imagine having gold chains the size of these anchor chains?! That would be something :)

Fun fact of the day:

Before the invention of anchor chain ships used hemp rope which often broke and put lives in danger. 

Read more about the history of anchor chains at this BBC - A History of the World webpage. 

June 28, 2013: Anchor Chain

365 Project, Day 8

Here is my day eight submission to my 365Project:

Now that I'm on the vessel most of my photos will either consist of events around the vessel...or any wildlife we'll be seeing. We're at anchor today so I decided to take some around the ship and thought the anchor chain made interesting subject with a shallow depth of field (DOF!) :)