Cruise Ship destroying the pristine waters while docking in Key West

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image showing Cruise Ship destroying the pristine waters while docking in Key West

fastrthnu on December 27th, 2021 at 19:02 UTC »

When was this picture taken?

RyanDanielst on December 28th, 2021 at 00:46 UTC »

Cruise ships do pollute our environment, but this photo is just silt from kicking up sea bottom from shallower water.

birdeo on December 28th, 2021 at 04:26 UTC »

Sailor here; in fact it’s not the cruise ship that is “Destroying Pristine Waters”, in fact it’s the tug boats that bring the ship in/out of port, that are responsible for the look (nothing to do with the cruise ship itself). They have extremely significant thrust that tends to kick up silt in shallow waters. I’m about 15-30 minutes the water would be looking back to the same.

Also, if there is a dock for ships to go there, then that effect was already in mind, and will happen again and again.

Now if you see a rainbow SHEEN, then that would be destroying your “pristine waters”, as that is mostly caused from oil/fuel leaks or runoff.

Edit; Holy jumbo jamboree! Thanks for the freggin upvotes and PLAT! 💪

Also, not a Subject Matter Expert so don’t quote me! This is just a common observation! :D