The Money Shot

I was sitting on a Pacific beach (Playa Avallanes) about a week ago watching the sun set into the ocean. As the sun was dropping down toward the ocean, I saw a ship sailing across the horizon line. I was told it was a tourist ship that sails daily from Tamarindo down to Puntarenas, sort of a sunset cruise. As the sun got closer to the horizon line, the ship got closer to the sun. About 10 minutes before sunset I started joking with the owner of the restaurant, "How crazy would it be if the sun set into the ship?" As the sun hit the horizon, this is what we saw... The owner said it was the first time in 18 years he had seen it like this...

About 3 minutes before...




"The Money Shot"