Two freighters pass each other in the shipping lanes just off White Rock Shoal south of Harbor Beach. Ed and I call this "occulting."
Astronomy buffs watch for the moment when a planet or a star passes in front of another celestial body. Those occurences are called occultations by astronomers. We've adopted that term for the 10-15 seconds that it takes for two freighters to pass each other.
This occultation occurred on Monday morning, August 22 around 10 am. A third downbound freighter was just out view.
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Wanda Hayes Eichler
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