waiting for the long ship to come home

            The longships were characterized as a graceful, long, wide and light, with a shallow-draft hull designed for speed. 
The ship's shallow draft allowed navigation in waters only one meter deep and permitted arbitrary beach landings, while its light weight enabled it to be carried over portages or used bottom-up for shelter in camps. Longships were also double-ended, the symmetrical bow and stern allowing the ship to reverse direction quickly without a turn around; this trait proved particularly useful at northern latitudes, where icebergs and sea ice posed hazards to navigation.
Longships were fitted with oars along almost the entire length of the boat itself. Later versions had a rectangular sail on a single mast, which was used to replace or augment the effort of the rowers, particularly during long journeys.
The average speed of Viking ships varied from ship to ship, but lay in the range of 5–10 knots (9.3–18.5 km/h) and the maximum speed of a longship under favourable conditions was around 15 knots (28 km/h).
One longship in particular can be seen in Oslo, Norway in The Viking Ship museum.
   

Taken on: April 6, 2006

Tags:

Danmark

water

woman

girl « less

Sets appears in: • Danmark sept. 2019

Groups appears in: • The Photographer's Club • Color and Colors - No computer-generated posts. more » • Water... Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Creeks • Your Postcard Shot • People of the World (no AI !) • Flickritis: over 87,000 waiting for a vaccine. • Nikon Digital Magic • ME ME ME • *Beautiful Girls* ~ No AI • Views: 2000 • The Photo Of The Week ( Limit 1 per day!) • Nature Heals the Soul • People / Adults + Photo Titles • NIKON PROFESSIONAL • Water, water, water • You Think this is Art • Your Best Photography • Landscapes of the World • " MASTER CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY " • Dragon Gold Award " The Best Of Flickr " • Nikon Passion • nikonistas.com • Flickr Number One !! • Beaches - Around the World • Natur ~* pur *~ • Nikon flickr Award (Post 1 - Award 3) • This is Excellent • National Geographic | World Wide • Beaches & Landscapes • ***Flickr Global • Flickr United (Award 3) • ALL WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL - NO CHILDREN / NO PARTIAL NUDITY -P1C1 • Nikon Europe Group • National Geographic Society • Fine Gold • THE ONLINE MUSEUM OF ART MODERN P1, C-1 • girls,girls • ` FLICKR ´ • Flickr Photographer • 60+ Seniors' Shooting — Beauty And Fine Perception • Flickr Hall of Fame • 100% Nikon. • Feminine Beauty 2 • flickr (unofficial) • Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Faroe Islands • World Photographers' Photos WPP • On Landscape • Landscapes worldwide • Magic of Photography • Worlds Of Thrylium - NO SECOND LIFE • This is Why I Bought A Camera • Gallery One • flickr world wide • FLICKR OSCAR • The Golden Horse Impressionists - Only your BEST ARTWORK! • LOOK for a better group - level 1 RED • Gallery II • LES PHOTOS QU'ON AIME (Commentez SVP) « less

Camera: Nikon D70, f/13.0, 1/640 sec, 13mm (=19mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D70
Lens:	12.0-24.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	13mm (35mm equivalent: 19mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.0 (Windows)
Show full info

Stats: 6,107 views / 13 comments

go back

Link to this photo view:
Link to this photo large view: