Amazonia
Sailing many days on a vast, greenish-blue ocean can affect one’s perception of the majesty and lordliness of the mighty Amazon River. As I sailed in from the Ocean onto the Amazon, my first impression was not so grand. The Amazon’s colour is reddish and reminds me of an impressive flood in the area where I lived as a child. But when one looks from a satellite, the image is of a great contest between two Gods, fighting each other for more space. The phenomena is a visual display contrasting that mighty conflict. As we passed along the Amazon on our journey to Manaus, it was clear to me the erosion happening to the greatest river of South America, in the largest drainage system in the World, in terms of the volume of its flow and the massive area of the river’s drainage. It is spectacular!
2020