Another shot on the journey through the Suez Canal. Guess I'm a sucker for sunsets and coloured skies.

The Suez Canal Bridge, also called the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge or Mubarak Peace Bridge, is a high-level road bridge at El Qantara. It has a 70-metre (230 ft) clearance over the canal and was built with assistance from the Japanese government. The bridge, which has a 70-metre (230 ft) clearance over the canal and is 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) long, consists of a 400-metre (1,300 ft) cable stayed main span and two 1.8-kilometre (1.1 mi) long approach spans. The height of the two main pylons supporting the main span is 154 metres (510 ft) each. The towers were designed in the shape of Pharaonic obelisks.

The clearance under the bridge is 70 meters, which defines, therefore, the admissible maximum height of 68 m[2]above the waterline (Suezmax) of ships that can pass through the Suez Canal. - Wikipedia

Onboard, you get a lot of visitors in the form of Migratory birds including Albatross, Pigeons, Owl's & eagles. This falcon joined us in Mexico and waited till i got it on camera before flying away.

Crossing the Suez Canal from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean or vice-versa is a journey through history. The Canal has been in operation from 1869 and was built by the French. The canal was later controlled by the British & is now run by the Suez Canal Authority. Many Pharaoh's have previously built canals to connect the Nile to the Red Sea in Egypt's glorious past. The canal is 192 km long. The maximum depth of the canal is 66 feet (20 m). It is a single-lane with 4 passing places[and contains no locks, unlike the Panama Canal. Read more on Suez Canal

This was shot at Sidi Kerir during Cargo Operations from inside the bridge. I was struck by the colours available - the blue & gray sky, the green ship, blue sea & the huge brown sand dune.

Sunset again in the US gulf. The metallic object in the horizon is a disused rig. There are plenty of these in the US gulf.