A renaissance era vessel at Genoa at the quay at Genoa.

Gilded figurehead of a renaissance era vessel at the quay at Genoa.

Gilded figurehead of a renaissance era vessel at the quay at Genoa.

Along the northwest coast of Italy.

Along the northwest coast of Italy.

Along the northwest coast of Italy.

The mosque at Point Europa on Gibraltar.

The Europa Point Lighthouse at Gibraltar.

The Europa Point Lighthouse at Gibraltar.

The road to the Rock of Gibraltar. The rock is shrouded in clouds and fog.

The Europa Point Lighthouse at Gibraltar.

The road to the Rock of Gibraltar.

The Europa Point Lighthouse at Gibraltar.

The mosque at Point Europa on Gibraltar.

The concert hall at St. Michael's Cave.

The concert hall at St. Michael's Cave.

The concert hall at St. Michael's Cave.

The concert hall at St. Michael's Cave.

The Barbary Apes - really tail-less monkeys known as Barbary Macaques. About 160 of these live on Gibraltar. (Macaca sylvanus L.)

The Barbary Apes - really tail-less monkeys known as Barbary Macaques. About 160 of these live on Gibraltar. (Macaca sylvanus L.)

The Barbary Apes - really tail-less monkeys known as Barbary Macaques. About 160 of these live on Gibraltar. (Macaca sylvanus L.)

The Barbary Apes - really tail-less monkeys known as Barbary Macaques. About 160 of these live on Gibraltar. (Macaca sylvanus L.)

The Barbary Apes - really tail-less monkeys known as Barbary Macaques. About 160 of these live on Gibraltar. (Macaca sylvanus L.) Tourists like to pose with these (but not too close!)

Apparently a fountain of some sort. The date 1776 probably commemorates the beginning of the Spanish siege of Gibraltar that lasted from 1776 to 1783.

Looking from Gibraltar across to Algeciras, Spain.

Oriental carvings and other curios in a window on Gibraltar.

The Rock of Gibraltar from the British Air Station.

Passing through the Azores on the way back across the Atlantic from the Straits of Gibraltar to New York Harbor.

Passing through the Azores on the way back across the Atlantic from the Straits of Gibraltar to New York Harbor.

Passing through the Azores on the way back across the Atlantic from the Straits of Gibraltar to New York Harbor.

Passing through the Azores on the way back across the Atlantic from the Straits of Gibraltar to New York Harbor.

A Kurile Island shoreline.

A volcano in the Kurile Islands.

A volcano in the Kurile Islands.

A volcano in the Kurile Islands.

A volcano in the Kurile Islands. This volcano appears to be formed after a volcanic collapse forming a caldera. This is similar to Wizard Island in Crater Lake.

A volcano in the Kurile Islands. This volcano appears to be formed after a volcanic collapse forming a caldera. This is similar to Wizard Island in Crater Lake.

Mountain in the Kurile Islands displaying orographic cloud effect.

A symmetrical volcanic cone in the Kurile Islands seen at dawn over a calm north Pacific Ocean.

The mountains of Morocco as seen looking to the south when entering the Straits of Gibraltar.

Jebel Musa, the southern Pillar of Hercules.

The Rock of Gibraltar as seen to the northeast on a misty day in the Straits of Gibraltar.

Butchart Gardens. Sea bird sculpture.

Butchart Gardens. Sea bird sculpture.

Butchart Gardens. Sturgeon sculpture and fountain.

Butchart Gardens.

Butchart Gardens.

Butchart Gardens.

Butchart Gardens.

Butchart Gardens.