Chapter 93: A supporting role
The Caribbean Triangle Sea composed of the Bahamas, Cuba and Miami blocks the entire Gulf of Mexico.
Key West, the southernmost city in the Lighthouse Country, is the small coral island at the southwest of the Florida Islands.
Early Spanish sailors were the first to discover human bones here, so they were called "Bone Island"!
In 1922, the Lighthouse Kingdom purchased it from the Spaniards, so we can see that the Spanish had a solid foundation at the time. It had not yet lost its fortune for at least hundreds of years.
It only takes three hours to drive from Miami to Key West, but this is not the end of Li Ming;
What he is going to is the Marxas Islands,
"The fleet full of treasures can only start sailing in late spring or early summer, and the time of airworthiness is only a few months a year, and the Atlantic Ocean is hospitality with sailing."
"At the time of navigation, a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean was at least one or two months, and it had to be smooth sailing!"
“If there are fleets before early spring, winter storms in the North Atlantic would make the journey to Europe very dangerous.”
"From June to October, the Southern Atlantic route on the way back to Spain from Havana was surrounded by hurricanes. At sea, they would be severely shattered by violent waves over ten meters high, and the ships hit by hurricanes could neither be manipulated nor sailed."
"The crew can only pray that the strong winds will blow out by themselves before the ship is submerged or the hull is torn apart on shallow coral reefs. And the later in the summer, the more likely the fleet will encounter a major hurricane once it sets out from Havana, Cuba!"
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On the yacht, Li Ming was talking to the camera about the dilemma encountered by the Spaniards in the 16th century before they set off.
At this time, he had arrived at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, near which was the Marxas Island Reef. Countless ships buried in this sea area. Once the wind and waves were shattered and sunk to the bottom of the sea, as the ocean currents changed, the fragments scattered now exceeded dozens of kilometers.
The clear blue sea water around is as beautiful as a piece of silk under the sunlight. Unfortunately, Li Ming, who has been here for five days, has transformed into a local indigenous person, and the sunshine is as hospitable as the local indigenous people.
Now throw him into the native pile, then speak fluent Spanish, and run to Havana to pick up a local beauty or two. That's a problem.
Li Ming has achieved some people's life goals while driving a yacht, blowing awesome, and enjoying the tropical island style.
The "Explorer" sailing route is the cruise route from Maxes Island to dry tortygas national prak (Dry Turtle Island).
This area is what he is looking for now.
Along the way, Li Ming met many foreign friends who were riding on the coast with their private yachts;
The chat time passed quickly, and it was also a very throat-consuming thing to keep nagging.
When he wanted to be lazy and rest, Li Ming arranged for aerial photography of drones for a while. Seagulls and albatrosses were no longer enough to attract the audience's interest.
[Brother Ming, just chat about it almost, I haven’t seen the whale today yet]
【Whale-watching baby!】
【Hurry and use the drone to see if they are still there!】
The humpback whale mother with her cubs nearby was their new favorite. Many times, even the anchor Li Ming has become a supporting role.
Li Ming sighed and complained: "Brothers, we are here to hunt treasures. You are either watching whales or dolphins all day long. When you encounter a turtle in the water, you will ask me to touch it. Can we pursue it a little?"
"Maybe, when our sonar sounds next moment, it may be a thousand taels of gold. Which one is more important, brothers!"
Unfortunately, such earnest consolation was not recognized by the water friends, but was bombarded with gifts.
[Please ask me to give me 5 super rockets to the anchor! I want to watch the whale!]
The goddess led the way, and the water lovers suddenly became excited again, with various fish balls, cards, and planes bombing all the way. The people's requests were unified, and there were not necessarily treasures, but whales were right next to them.
The gifts on the screen are full of special effects, which makes Li Ming feel physically and mentally exhausted.
In the end, he had to raise his hand to surrender and direct the drone to find the three humpback whales.
Once winter begins in the northern hemisphere, thousands of humpback whales will swim from the North Atlantic to the warm Caribbean to mating and fertilize.
The average adult length of humpback whales is 12.9 meters for males, 13.7 meters for females, and weighs 25 to 35 tons.
One of the most beautiful creatures in the world is huge in size and wide in wings. It jumps up from the water, and its figure spreads its wings like a Kunpeng, is the most beautiful figure on the sea.
During the long migration, the deep and distant whale roar it makes when it travels through the ocean is the most beautiful singing in the ocean.
Therefore, it is loved by marine biologists, musicians and photographers.
Once a humpback whale has a premonition that its life is about to end, it will find a quiet sea to leave quietly.
However, its huge body slowly sinks into the deep sea, forming a complete set of ecosystems that nurture the sentient beings in the dark world for decades or even hundreds of years, becoming the warmest "oasis" in the vast ocean.
Biologists give this process a romantic name—"Whale Fall"
Part of them live in the Pacific Ocean. According to statistics, there are only about 4,000 left in the world, which is not much different from the number of Chinese national treasures, Hanhan giant pandas.
Li Ming encountered a humpback whale mother who had successfully given birth to a child two days ago, with her child, and a male humpback whale following her. Its main task is to intercept other invading whales or boats.
As no one jumped up from the yacht at high speed, the audience's perspective also came from a coal-like inside the cabin to the vast blue sea.
When the humpback whales slowly swim on the sea, they are like an iceberg, with most of their bodies sinking under the water, and sometimes they are like a small island that floats freely.
Many times people can see its body exposed on the seashore.
After a week of drone traveling around the altitude, the audience members of the live broadcast room soon discovered their figures.
Not only is it that huge reminder, but the water column that gushed out of the water is really too silly;
At this time, the small family of these three humpback whales was happily chasing a small group of sardines.
The most sturdy humpback whale mother swims with excellent skills in water play. The audience sitting in front of the computer saw her dive into the water and swim quickly for a while;
Then suddenly breaks out of the water and rises slowly vertically until the flippers reach the water surface, the body begins to bend slowly backwards, like the acrobat's back rolling movement.
The humpback whale rushed out of the water and slapped it hard on the water, causing countless shocking waves. When they were so excited that they jumped out of the water, the height could reach 6 meters. The sound of splashing water when they fell into the water could be heard several kilometers away. The whole set of movements was calm and graceful.
This is completely a classic picture common to various documentaries;
The camera of Li Ming's drone is sometimes closer and sometimes looking into the distance, just right in conjunction with the performance of this whale family;
Every time the gifts in the wonderful live broadcast room are constantly flooding the screen, and all kinds of licking dogs are playing.
Perhaps it was because of the discovery that someone was paying attention to them. The male humpback whale, the number one, got into the water and quickly dived and disappeared under the waves in just a few seconds.
As he breathed out of the water, a short, thick and hot gas mixed with water vapor was sprayed out from his nostrils;
The surrounding sea water is also rolled out of the sea surface, forming a spectacular water column, and at the same time it makes a loud sound similar to that of a steam engine!
Chapter completed!